i 


Mrs.  Mary  Rowlandfon's 
Narrative 


Limited  to  Two  Hundred  and  Fifty  Copies, 
of  which  this  is  No.. ..£..#. $... 


The  Narrative 


OF  THE 


Restoration 


OF 


Mr-s  Mary  Rowlandfon 

FIRST  PRINTED  in  1682  at  Cambridge, 
MajachufettS)  Sf  London,  England. 
Now  reprinted  in  Fac-pmile 

Whereunto  are  annexed 

A  Map  of  her  Removes,  Biographical  &  Hi/I  or  ic  a  I 

Notes,  and  the  laft  Sermon  of  her  hufband 

Re.v  JOSEPH  ROWLANDSON 


LANCASTER,  Ma/achufetts 
M  DCCCC  III 


UNIVERSITY    PRESS    •     JOHN    WILSON 
AND    SON      •       CAMBRIDGE,     U.S.A. 


PREFACE 

THE  corporate  life  of  Lancafter,  Maffachufetts, 
dates  from  May  28,  1653.  Now  that  its  two 
hundred  and  fiftieth  anniverfary  draws  near,  it  is 
thought  a  fitting  time  for  the  republication  of  the  famous 
Narrative  of  Captivity  written  by  Mary  Rowlandfon,  the 
devout  helpmate  of  Lancafter's  firft  ordained  minifler.  Our 
plea  of  feafonablenefs  is  fupported  not  alone  by  the  fa6l 
that  her  fimply  told  tale  was  the  earlieft  literary  compofi- 
tion  by  a  citizen  of  the  town  to  win  the  diftin6tion  of 
print;  it  is  alfo  an  invaluable  contribution  to  early  New 
England  hiflory  ;  it  is  an  authentic  and  graphic  contem 
porary  delineation  of  the  manners  and  cuftoms  of  the 
primitive  children  of  the  foil,  from  whom  our  anceftors 
relentleffly  wrefted  their  beautiful  and  beloved  heritage,  in 
order  to  enrich  us  and  our  pofterity ;  it  is  an  eloquently 
pathetic  record  of  grave  perils  bravely  encountered,  and 
terrible  fufferings  patiently  borne  with  an  unfwerving  faith 
in  the  wifdom  and  mercy  of  an  overruling  Providence. 
Firft  iffued  from  the  prefs  in  1682,  it  at  once  commanded 
attention  in  Old  as  well  as  New  England.  No  book  of  its 
period  in  America  can  boaft  equal  evidence  of  enduring 
public  favor  with  this  work  of  a  comparatively  uneducated 
Lancafter  goodwife ;  and  very  few  books  in  any  age  or 


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PREFACE 

tongue,  if  we  except  the  imaginative  mafterpieces  of  in- 
fpired  genius,  have  been  diftinguilhed  with  more  editions. 
At  leaft  thirty  reprints  atteft  the  popular  intereft  in  this 
modeft  ftory  of  perfonal  experience.  Even  a  copy  of  one 
of  the  many  cheap  pamphlet  editions  is  now  fo  rare  that 
it  brings  a  great  price  in  the  book  auctions. 

The  publifhers  of  the  various  reprints  of  the  book  have 
wantonly  mutilated  the  original  text  by  their  emendations. 
The  fecond  edition  of  1 682,  the  earlieft  of  which  an  example 
is  known  to  furvive,  is  here  reproduced,  by  photographic 
procefs,  from  the  rudely  printed  and  badly  damaged  copy 
once  belonging  to  John  Cotton,  now  preferved  in  the  Prince 
Collection  of  the  Bofton  Public  Library.  To  James  Lyman 
Whitney,  A.M.,  Librarian,  our  thanks  are  due  for  the 
generous  facilities  afforded  in  making  this  facfimile.  To 
George  Parker  Winmip,  A.M.,  Librarian  of  the  John 
Carter  Brown  Library,  Providence,  Rhode  Ifland,  we  owe 
the  favor  of  reproducing  the  titlepage  of  the  London  edition 
of  1682,  and  to  the  courtefy  of  the  Librarian  of  the  Britilh 
Mufeum  the  privilege  of  photographing  that  of  1720. 

The  Rowlandfon  fermon  is  found  bound  with  the  copy 
of  the  Narrative  in  the  Prince  Library,  and  was  reprinted 
with  the  firfl  Englifh  edition.  It  is  therefore  appropriately 
included  here.  It  is  hoped  that  the  Map  of  Removes  and 
the  copious  annotations  appended  may  be  welcomed  by 
fludents  of  our  local  hiftory. 

HENRY  STEDMAN  NOURSE 
JOHN  ELIOT  THAYER 

LANCASTER,  1903 

[vi] 


CONTENTS 

Fac-fimile  reproduction,  Rowlandfon  Narrative,  Cambridge, 

1682  PAGE 

Title ix 

Preface xi 

Narrative i 

Notes  to  Narrative 75 

Bibliography 109 

Rev.  Jofeph  Rowlandfon's  Laft  Sermon 121 

Notes  to  Rowlandfon  Sermon 147 

ILLUSTRATIONS 

Map  of  Mrs.  Rowlandfon's  Removes  —  facing      ....  76 

Rowlandfon  Rock 87 

Redemption  Rock,  Princeton 103 

The  Mary  Rowlandfon  Locker 107 

Fac-fimile  Title-page,  London,  1682 no 

Fac-fimile  Title-page,  Bofton,  1720 113 

Fac-fimile  Title-page,  Bofton,  1773 117 

Fac-fimile  Title-page  of  Sermon 123 

Fac-fimile  Rowlandfon's  Apology  —  facing 156 


[vii] 


Together, 

With  the  Faithfulnefs  of  *Hrs  Promifrs 
Difpfaycd. ; 

Being  a 

NARRATIVE 

Of  the  Captivity  and  2(est4iir*tJG*  of 


Commended  by  her,  to  all  that 
know-the  Lords  doings  to, ; 
dealings  with  Her. 

f  a  her  dear  Children  a 

The  fecond  AddhionCorteftcd  and  amended. 

"Written  by  Her  own  Hind  for  Her  private  Ufe,  and  now 
"rr.*de  Publicist  (hforneftDefireof  tome Friends> 
and  for  the  benefit  ofche  Aff  lifted- 

yf1*?*.-  *9>  Seenowtktt  I,  even  I  ambe}  andthm  »u<> 
God  rciih  me  .  j  t,^  anl^  f  ma^e  <tllj>ej  [  wand  and  I  r.ettl 
neither  t, ,  bfrt  my  can  dehvtr  out  vfmj  hand. 


C-    Jl    Jtf    B    R    /    D.    G    ft 

Printed  by  Samuel  Gtee»>  i  6  8  a. 


This  500*  belongs  to 

NEW-ENGL  AND-Z/ 

Begun  to  be  colJe&ed  by  THOMAS 
upon  his  cncring  Harvard-Collete^  July 
<o      and  was  given  \q  dcuZ  (?t+*ue 

b//dl  Cv 
brditru   &- 
c*    lr 


The  Trefae  to  th 

READER, 


. 

I  a?»»5  on  Tue/2ty,  fifr.  \  .  i  Oft  ._  fe  $e  afternoon,  when  th> 

I  N«rr>><j£j»/~«/qu»rters(in  or  to  ward  ^b*  [NifmugOowtryt^hj» 
I  ther  they  arc  now  rely  red  fqr  fear  of  the£^/;j>  Army  lying 
I  in  tncir  own  Country)  were  rbe  fecond  time  be'tien  op,  by  the 
I  Forcesofibe  united  Colonies*  who  thereupon  toon  betook 
<9L.  themfelvesto  flighted  wtrc  ill  t'he  next  day  purfued  by  the 
Ingkjb,  P*me  overtakes  and  d«ftroyed,  Bui  on  TkurfiHj^  Feb.  3,; 
The  Engtfy  having  now  been  fix  dayes  on  their  march,  from  theft 
bedqqttccrSvSt  Wickf»dt\n  the  NtftbagwJetCooKrTyt  towirtk 
and  after  the  Enemy,  and'prpyifion  grown  .exceeding  iKoit,  info- 
much  that  they  wtre  fain  to  killfome  HorfcSfor  the  fupply,  r  fpeci, 
alty  of  i  heir  Inditn  friends,  tl?t  y  were  ncccilifaKd  fo  confide  whjc 
wasbe/Vtobcdone.-  And  about  noon  (.JuvinghithrrLo/ollowed 
the  chafe  as  hard  as.ihey  might)  a  Councill  wjscjJJc-d,  aodj^hoogh 
fome  few  were  ofrmother  min  J,  y«t  it  was  concluded  by  iti  tha 
greater  part  of  the  Council!  of  War,  tba:  the  Army  ftodddefift  the 
jptirfuft  ,and  retire  '•  the  Forces  of  PlimOiub  and  the  Say  to  tbcnext 
,S"ou/rt  of  the  ^jy,  and  CoitntQicut  Forces  to  their  own  nejftTowns*- 
Which  Jclerminalion  Wjsirtimfd  jtelyput  incxecuiion,  Thecxyi" 
fdqaent  whereof  .  as  it  was  not  difficult  to  be  foreieen  by  thoTcthat 
Inewihf  caullffs  enmity  of  thefe  BarbaTitw,  againA  tne  &n&h8>t 
laiid  the  mjlicious'and  rtvengeft)!  fpirit  of  thefe  Heathen  :  Yo  it 
jfoo"^>roved  difmall.' 

i  Vh*  Warr/tte.  »Jm  werrtiow  driven  quite  from  their  own  Coun- 
(my,  .TniaHl  their  ptovifions  there  hoarded  up,  to  which  they  durft 
Inotat  prefentreturn,  and^being  fo  numerous  a*  they  were,  fuondo 
teurcd  tbofe  to  whom  they  wenH  whereby  both  the  one  and  other 
Wienow  reduced  totxtrejm  ft  raits,  and  loncctiTitjfed  ro  t»kc  the 
beft  opportunay  tor  fupply,  an'd  ?ery  gfad,  no  doubt  of 
pporruDity  as  this,  to  provide  For  thctnfelves,  and  make 
re  £  *gl>Jb  atonce  ;  and  feeing  rhemfelyes  i 


l&heir  purfuen,  and  a  liule  refreshed  after  tlnjr  flight.,  tfe  ?ery 
pfcfr.wek  0aZfc*£feh  Fr&,  to.  they  fell  wiih  rn'igtttf  fbrcB-^wd 
VV opoo  Itaeafler :  wbkk (mijl  Town,  rewotftfrom  aid»ef<«hpirj7 
Rot  being  GirifpneH  as  ir  might,  the  Army  being  now  come  in* 
as ib«iiroe  indeed  rcqultvd  Ct!ie  4«fign  of  tbt  //^w«  Jieainft 
A  8  dut 


tfcit  (dice  being  known  to  the  £«g/j/f>  Come  time  before) 

ableio  nuke  eftcttsul  refinance  :  biHCKKwitWbndlngutraoflendea- 
Von-  or  the  Inhabitants,  moft  of  the  bbildings  were  turned  into 
»fbes  i  many  P«opfe  (  Men.  Women  and  Children  )   (lain,  ttd.o, 
tbers  captivated.    T'tc  moft  folemn  ind  remarkable  jurt  of  tKi> 
Tu>cdy,nuytlut;uftly  be  reputed,  which  fell  opoi  the  Family  of 
thatrtvertrtd  Servant  of  God,   Mr.J»J~ffbRolin4ft*,    the  fritjtfr.ll 
Paftor  of  Chrift  in  ibn  plice,  who  being  none  down  to.  the  Coo  c  il  1 
of  the  M,fftchuftit  -to  leek  aid  for  the  defence  of  the  place  ,  tl  bis 
return  found  the  Town  inAuncs>  or  fraoke,  bis  own  houfe  being  fee 
-<m  fire  by  che&aemy,  through-roe  difadv^nuge  of  a  defeftive  Forci-.' 
ficttion,  and  all  iu  if  cjunlumcd  ••  his  prtcious  yoke*  f»llow,  trxldearf 
Children,  wounded  add  captivated  (  as  thciilue«vWeiKed,  andfol-' 
1dwioe.Narr«iVe  declare*);  by  thefe  cruel  •rtdbaibirous  Salvages  .' 
A  fid  Cueftrbpbe  !  Thut  •  It  rhrn°t  come  alike  co  all.:  •  N  one  knovV 
either  love  «r  hatred  bf  all  (bat  n  before  him.    It  is  no  new  taiog 
for  Godsprccionsooci  to  drink  «»  deep  'as  others,  of  the  Cgp  01, 
epwnon  Ca)iini<*.:  T^kejuftlct  (  yer  captivated  )  fur  inrtance 
beiide  bth«rs.    Bui  itisnocmybulinefsto  diiiteontheO  things,- 
but  only  in  few  words  imr*du6ttvely  to  preface  to  the  following 
fcript,  which  if  i  N»rr«ive  oftrw  *or\<Jf«fully  awfull,  wfft,  noly, 
pOverAtitt  -and  gr>c>«USpro«i<lenceo|'Coil..  towards  thar  wo»thy 
and  precious  Gentlewoman,  the  dear  Contort  of  the  did  Xfvc- 
rend  Mr.  RowlaHtlftm,  andhcr  C*\ldren  withhfr,  «s  in  caftinc  of 
her  info  fucn»vif<>r|ff<  pit,  fo  in  prelervlng,  fupg^rting,  and  Cjt- 
'Jt)lMig<)hDrow  fo  miny  focb  extrcam  h«z  «rds.   noloeakibjc  difticnl. 
nie.«a  >dxlitonf  tijrenefs,  and  tt  1)0  d  elivering  io  r  oi^ofthem  ji  I, 
-iadh»t  Iiwyiving  children  3  Ho.     1  1  was  *  |lc4n%<i  j"J  »friazioadif 
pc«ft^i>*i,Vhir«>hc  Lord  (hould  foafaifth^piffcioui'fivanr.  md 
Ittnrt  miU^r'Ir  w«  as  ftrange,  if  not  wore,  ibit  he  itould  f'o  beW 
upthofpTf'us'or  his  ^ervani  under  Pt»c&brrc«vircros.andorhisl>4ivf-> 
nuid-utfker  ftieh  captivity,  t»Jtfel»an4''»rd<l>ips  (  much  tootvrd 
'  «s.h«did.   aod  atl«oi»rbdi«l 


,  tj  ttd  «/w««rt»A  /Af  A/t^rr  ,  tfxjfaj 

n»i  ovtrffmr  thre  :  Wbt*  thtifWatyfl  ihtivgf  ibi  flre,  thouj^a.t 
b**(,  ibrffittt  itxM**ki*Mr*I»*  '*«    lf*'    l-    or: 
tie»ln*tcibM*ttitbi»<lf*itl<!v>*>*le 
' 


t  yea,  «»ed  o  I  e  ihree  O>  i  Idj 

«n  TOO,  tbe  fttories  wfvrr«of  tJoreprefcnt  us"wi<h  ike  cKcellent  tcx 
rives  of  divine  rroyidepcrycorious  pieces  of  dmn«_«*«rk  :  and  ctulr 
f#  do'h  this  ,  and  therefore  not  ro  be  forgowea,  b«t  raottny  to  W 
exhibited  ro,  and  viewed,  and  /pondered  by  att,  irut*<y»i»ooi  -«' 
W-r  tbeoperafioo  of  his  hands* 

("be  work  of  tbeLord  (norcalrof  Gretifot,  bnt«fprow 
lfj,  e^ec'ally  tboie  this  J»  more  pevnlhrty  ottceirth 


READER. 

dear  ones,  that  a*4  astbe.AppleofJiisEye,  as  the  Signet  Upon  Hi 
Hand,  the  Delight  of  bis  Ey«,  and  the'Object  of  bis  tendered 
Care)  and  gre«>  fpugbt  out  of  a]l  thofe  that  h»ve  pleatfure  therein. 
Aud  ofthele  verity  thfc  it  none  of  the  leaft. 

This  Narrative  was  penned  by  the  Gentlewoman  her  felf>  to\be  to 
her  a  memorandum  of  Gods  dealing  with  her,  that  (he  migHc  never 
forget,  bui  remember  the  famc>  &the  feverillcircumftaucesthere- 
bt,  all  the  daycs  of  htr  life.    A   pious  fcope  which  dcferves  both 
C0raaicnd»tion  and  "ifnimion :  Some  friends  having  obtained  a  fight 
of  it,  could  not  bur  be  fo  rnuebgflecled  with  tbe.many  pafliges  of 
working  provideocc  difcovered  cnerein,  as  to  judge  it  worthy  of 
public*.  view,andaliogeth<trun  neet  t  hat  filch  works  of  GodthouU 
behid  from  prefent  and  foture  Generations:         Aria1   therefore 
though  this  Geml^wonans  modefty  wftuld  not  thruft  it  into  the 
Prefs,  yet  her  gratirude  unto  God  made  her  not  hardly  perfwidiblc 
to  lecitpaft,  that  CoJ  might  have  his  dueclory,  and  "others  bene 
fit  by  it  as  vfU  as  ber  f<lf.    I  hope  by  this  time  none  wiU uA  any 
rifieft'on  upoa  this  OenilewOrotn,on  thefcoreofihi$public«rion 
ofhcr  ifflifliionand  delivfrince.    Jfany  ffiould^doubt^'Is  they  may 
be  reckoned  with  fhe  nine  \tfei  s^  of  w  bom  it  is  (aid,  Wh-tibeve  not 
1enclt<itijin[,»l?nt  tre  tie  trine?  fcfct  aufroiMniag  togrveGo'dtbanlp.  Let 
txch  further  know  lhat  this  «us  a  dirpanfalionof  pubtl'fclt  nete>  and 
of  oniverfall concernment,  «od  fo   much  tbcmore,  by }) 3 w  much 
tbe  nearer  this  Ccpllewowin  flood  related  i o  that  fiitbtull Servant 
of  Gorf>  whofcjcapacity  »odertiplejrment  waspufc)lickh\ihehoufeor" 
God,  and  I'i?  name  on  that  account  of »  vcty  (Veerfavjonc  ta  tlta 
Churches  »f  ChtilJ,  whois  thfrc  of  a  trueChriftian  fpirif,  thardhl 
not  look  upon  hirofelfrnucbccnceraed  in  this  bereavment,thisC4f>- 
tivity  in  the  time  thereof,  and  in  hi»  deliverance  when  it  came, 
yea  n*or«  then  inmanv  othtrJ;  and  howrnany  are  lhccc,*towbo(n 
fo  concerned,  it  will  Joubtlefi be  a  very  acceptable rtvilig  fofcethe 
way  of  God  with  this  Gentlewoman  in  the  afor<f«td  d'fjpen&iioti, 
thus  l)id  out  indpattrtnyed  before  their  eyes. 

To  coaclude  whatever  any  coy  phantafiesmay  deem,  yet  ii  h»gltl V 
concerni  th^fe  that  hive  fudeeplytaded  >  how  good  the.f(ord  is,  10 
enioire,*»icb  Divtd,     What    Ml  I  retnli)r  ft  ike Lordjor  Mb&bc 
nofttitamt    Tfol.  f\6.  iz.   H  e  thinks  nothing  too  preat }   yr,j. be 
ing  (eoflble  of  his  own  dlfpt-0  port  ion  to  tl»e  AueprajfesofOod^c  f»'s 
in.help.    Ob,  tnayijfe  tht  btrdrvlib  mt,  lei  in  exult  bit  N cuie tfg<tber , 
f/U'  94.  ;    And  it  is  but  reafon,  tbitout  praifes  lhooldh«ld  pro 
portion  with  our  prayCi^  \  end  thicas  many  hach  helped  together  by 
f>r»jer  for  the  obtaining  of  his  Mercy ,  fo  JHT  jifes  (hould  be  ret«»ro?<J 
by  many  onthi*beb»lf  ;  Andfor^muchasnotthe  generrilbnro  w- 
jicular  knowledge  of  things  niakes  deepeft  imprelTio'n  upoa  rh«drtd- 
Oti*ns,tjbif Narrative p'tticjl irking c he  reyerilp-«fl«pesofib^pr<i< 
vVience  arillnor  a  litiie  conduce ibcceunco.  And  tbcrefare  hoU  £»*• 
\td  in  order  to  the  ^ttalnmtrti  of  ihit  end, accounts  '>imfelf concer 
ned  to  dec  I  ire  what  Gad  had  don'e  for  his  fool, '  Pjtt.  66.  ib.  CoVte 
*ndbetrtAljt  ibuf  ftnr  Gtitt  end  I  ivilldtcltre  orbat  Qodhiibttouefif 


fity  fal,  i.  i.-.  for  to  tfti.fav.  $,  »,  l?tlifatt«l»f<>ttli»fffa  tt«J 
ft/its  tutvUTjett  t&t  ntoved,  farlfieitittr  G«d  fojf  proved  tift  tbou  bajl 
'tn*duiy&'fili>ir»tryi>d.  Life-mercies,  are  bcm.jfYcftmg  mercies, 
o  (ft  eat  impreffiOa  and  force,  to  enlarge  pioftshearrs  in  tbc.praires 
of  God,  to  that  fuch  know  not  how  but  to  tark  of  God  c  afts,  and  to 
{beak  of  and  .publi/h  his  wonderfujl  work?.  Deep  troubfe«>wliea  the 
wate  rs  com*  to  unto  thy  foul,  are  wont  to  produce  vo.wes  :  vuwet 
imift  be  paid,  Jff  *  titter  nri.vtm,  tbairvyso  and  not  i»  fc#:  I  may  fay^ 
that  as  non*.kty>WB  what  iti$  to  fight  and  purfue  lucr  in  enemy  as 
this,  bat  they  ttut  have  fougfct  aodpurfutd  them  :  ft-nooecan  ima 
gine  what  ll  •««<>*«  -captiva^d,  and  enUivcd  to  looh  atheifticall 
proud,  vri]d,craelj  barbarous;  bfuitifn  (inpne  w°rd)  diobolicalj 
creatures  as  ihefe,  tbo  word  of  the  heathen  ;  nor  what  difficulties  \ 
harJifcips,  hazards,  forrows,  anxieties  and  perplexities  do  uoavoid- 
ably  wait  upon  Fuch  a  condition,  but  thofe  that  h>ve  tryed  ir.  No 
^krieos  Spirit  then  (ffpecfajiy  knowing  any  thing  of*  this  uentjewo- 
rrunspiety)  c*n  iirn^'mc  but  that  the  vows  ofGod  are  uponTjen  Ex- 
cufe  tcr  then  if  flie  come  thus  into  publick,  to  pay  thole  vows* 
Come  andliew  what  /he  hath  to  fay. 

/  anttn-fHttat  ibat  MO  fr'ttnd  of  itivwi'Tf  evidence,  rrill  ever  rtffpf  tat 
time  <Aatf4ifaffpent  in  reading  over  t  beftf>etntbut  ttilljudg  tbtrn  ttqtte 
.•JtHupfaJgain  ani  again,  - 

HtttHjader,  you  may  fee  an  inftanceof  the  Soyeraignty  of  ,Gbd» 
jwjtjodolh  what  he  wHl  with  his  own  as.wel!  as  oth'ers  j  and  who  may-j 
fty  to  Nntt,i*'ifc*<«<1<#fl&«^'  Htre  yon  may  leeahinOjnceof  tjie  fiitnj 
and  paiitfbceof  the  ?aints,undet  the  moft  heart-  (inking  ttyaJs  ;  here 
you  jmyfee,-  thepi'omifcsrare  breaftsfolt  of  confolation^  when  all 
the  j»orldrtefidcs  ti  empty,  and  gi^yes  nothingbnt  forrov^  Thai  Clod 
|j|f»<ieed;.tfte'fup«ca<bLord6Cthe  world,  ruling  the  moft  unruly, 
»veAe3it^-the.n»olt  •  cr  uel  and  falvage,  granting  hir  People  mercy  in 
areAg!;t  of  rf»e  anmercifull,.  curbing  the  lufts  of  themoft  filtfcy, 
ftoWJn^yjalrte«S6f  ihevioleotjdeljvorlrigthe  prey  from  thejDieh- 
ty,"  enX&ii'tKHtg-tcgeikirtbetiutcafts  «/I.lrael»  •Once>nd.again  you 
havt  herH>,  bot  heat  -you  may  ice,  ibatfopor  leltngttb  vine  Cod;  that 
our  God  is  th*  God  of  Saltation,  and  to  him.  belor  g  triclflo'es  froip 
Death*  Tfaitour  God  is  in  the  Heavens;  and  dqjh  ^ut  ,<vejr  pleafes 
^irn.flere  50  .itave  Samfion  Riddle  eximplififd>  afjtdtha^reif  pro, 
jnife,  Jv<v».  8-  '8.  -verily  o\  s  Ovi'jsf  tlt.&der  ctm<if<n;ibiwiat  ^  tmd. 
fftitntft  wi  of  the  j?>-o»!gjThe  worft  of  «*fis  wortirig  togethe 
/-How  e  ridfent  is  itrthat  the  Lord  h»th  mtde  Uiij 
caTnerbv  all  this  I  affli&ofr.jhat  fi\e  caHfay.  <t^gfl 
that  fie  hotk.bttn,  ibfn.ib'M  fie  jbeulJ  net  have, 
'  •  •""•'  '" 


.. 

.  «]K>s 

fjuli  nioft  need*  be  tblneowrj^  .l^d  •ther.efore,  PeroG*.- 
apd  froti  hence  bfyQ  ibroethifefrorn  f  b>  expfrkRf' 
ownlrtrTi  Comes,  tha^f^  than  ajfo  through  p<! 
pe. 
*T  Sf  JC    «/f  Af  . 


CAPTIVITY 

*A  N  D 


O    f 


rs. 


>N  tbc  tenth  ofFtbrittry  10*7$,  Carat 
'  the  Indians  with  great,  numbers  nppa 
LaWtJItr :   Their  firft  eoramg  Was 
about  Sun.rifing ;  bearing  the  noifc 
of  fomc  Guns,  we  looked  outj  fcveral  Hoirfes 
were  J>urningv  aod  tbc  Smoke  a fcepdingi;oJ3- ri 
ven     There  were  five  parfons  taken  in  one  hqufe, 
tbe  Father,  and  ihc  Mother  and  a  fucking  Child, 
they  knocki  on  the  head ;  the-ocher  two  they  rook 
4ndca^ticc^  a^?ay  aUvc.  Their  were  two^  others, 
J7ho  btiog  out  of  their  Garifon  upon  fomeoccafigrt 
were  fctupoh^  one.  was  knock c  on  tbc  bea<3,  jhc 
Wherrt^c^pcd:  AoQ^lef  their  was  who  ruoniftga-- 
a*%  :Was mptjod  wounded,  and  fell  down;  he. 
bpg^ttf  ofihem  bis;  life,  proojifing  thtm.  Money 
{ aj  they  rold  me )  bul  they  wonld not  hcar^n  to 

htm 


and  flripthimniiud, 
open  his  Bowels.  Another  feeing  maaj 
toK  j  about  bis  Baro,  ventured  andwcni 
cot,  bat  was  q«ic Wy  (hoc  down.  There  were  three 
others  belonging  to  ihc  fame  Garifon  who  were 
killed »  the  Indians .getting  op  upon  thereof  of  the 
Barn,  ij^Tadvaetagcioflioot  downupsntherjao- 
V«  their  Fortification.  Thos  thefe  raunhcrous 
Ifffetcbes  went  on>  burning,  and  jeftroymg  before 
them, 

At  length  they  came  and  bcfet  ourownhoufc-, 

and  quickly  ic  was  the  doIcfuHeft  day  that  ever 

mine  eyei  faw.     The  Hoofe  flood  upon  cbcedg  of 

ahiHj  Come  of  the  Indent  got  behind  the  hill,  o- 

thers  into  the  Barn,  and  others  behind  any  thing 

that  could  (heller  ibcru  j  from  all  wh«ch  places  they 

(hot  ogainft  ihc  Houfc,  fo  that  the-  BuUet5  Cct med 

tot  y  like  hail;  and  quickly  they  wounded  one 

man  ampog  ns,  then  another,  and  then  a  third,  A- 

IMUK  two  hours .(  according  to  my  obfervation^  in 

^hat  anaazingtimc)  theylud  been  about  theiwuft 

bebre  they  prevailed  to  fir*  it  ( which  they  did 

with  Flax  and  Hemp,  which  they  brongbtoutct 

the  I3avn,  and  there  being  no  defence  about  tbt 

Houfe,  only  two  Flanker  a  at  two  oppofirc  corners 

andooeofthemnotfim(hcd>  they  rued  a  once 

^no\  one  ventured  out  aod  qEencbedit,  bat  they 

quicfcfy&ed  it  again,  aod  that  took    Now  is  ih| 

'dread futt hoar  comf,  that  I  haveofreo  heard  of  (in 

thnc  of  War,  aj  U  was  tbtcafe^f  others)  buc  nc» 

mine  eyes  fee  it.    Some  In  oar  boufe  were  fight 


c»r 

ing  for  tfccir  lives,  others  wallowing  in  their  bfoorf, 
ibc  Hoytfc  on  fire  over  oar  heads,  and  cbe  bloody 
Hcathfn  ready  co  knock  as  on  the  head,  if  we  ftir- 
cd  ou/7  Now  might  we  hear  Mothers  &  Children 
crying  out  for  ibcmfelves,  and  one  another,  Lord, 
What  (halt  we  da  1  Then  I  took  my  Children  (  and 
one  ot  my  fiften,  her* )  Co  go  forth  sod  leave  the 
houfc :  but  as  Coon  as  we  came  to  the  dore  and  ap- 
pcaud,  the  Indiam  {hot  fo  Ehick  that  the  boifctr.* 
rattled  igainft  the  Houfe,  as  if  one  bad  taken  an 
hand  full  of  ftoncsaod  I  bee  w  them,  fo?  hat  we  were 
fain  to  give  back          We  bad  fix  ftont  Dogs 
belonging  to  our  Gamfoa,buc  none  of  them  woa'd 
ftir,  though  another  time,  if  aoy  Indian  had  come 
Jotbc  door,  they  were  ready  to  fly  upon  him  and 
tear  bi  m  down*     1  he  Lord  hereby  would  maXe  us 
the  raoie  ro  acknowledge  bis  hand,  aod  to  fee  that 
our  help  is  al wayej  io  him.        But  out  we  muft 
go,  ihefirciinc-cafing,  and  coming  along bebiad 
U5,roa  ing,  and'ihe{«^cJMgjpin^ b.fore US 
their  Cuos;  Spears  and  Hjichas  to  devour  as. 
fooncr  were  we  cm  of  ih«  Houfe,  but  aay  Cro 
in  Lav  (  being  before  wounded,  in  defco&ng 
houfc,  tn  or  near  ibc  throat )  fell  down  dead,  wber- 
at  the  \*<iant  fcornfully  (houted,  and  hallowed, 
*nd  were  prcfcmly  apon  hima  ftrijppmg  ol^his 
cloiihs,  tt)c  bulletis  $  ving  thick,  one  weot  thr^jgb 
Oiy  fide,  and  the  fame  v4s  would  feenj)  throug/) 
Hie  bowels  and  haod  of  my  deat  Child  m  my  auxuT. 
One  oCmy  elder  Sifters  CiiWren,  namtd  Wiltiaxn9 
had  then  h«s  Leg b/okefH  w^cb  ^  \n^nyu  pC|- 

ceiving, 


Ul 

t'/i  vkjg,  t  hty  kacckr  him  od  bead.   Thas  w«e  w% 
buichcrtd  by  thofc  mercikfs  Heathen,  finding  a- 
caaz^d,  with  the  blood  running  down  to  on/  hce/s. 
My  eldeft  Sifter  being  yet  in  the  Houfo,  sad  feeing 
tliofc  wofa'l  fights,  the  Infidels  haling  Mothers  one 
way,  and  Children  another,  and  fame  wallowing  to 
their  blood  :.  and  her  elder  Son  telling  her  that  her 
Son  William  was  dead,  and  my  felt"  was  wcaadcd, 
(be  faid,  And>  Lord  let  mt  dyvab  them  ,  which 
was  no  fboocr  faid,  but  (he  wai  (buck  with  a  Bul 
let,  and  feU  down  dead  over  the  thre(ho!d.  I  hope 
iheisreapiogthefrtiitofhergood  Ubourr,  being 
/aith/ull  to^hc  fcr  vice  of  God  in  her  phcc.    la  hei 
youpger  years  (he  lay  under  roach  trouble  upon 
ipiruual  accounts,  till  it  plcaCcd  God  to  make  that 
pjrcpoos  Scripture  take  holdofberhcarr,  2  C*r« 
ijl.  9.  Jnd;  be  fetid  unto  me  my  Graet  bfufficitnt 
/(^r^re.  More  thco  twenty,  years  after  I  ha?e  beard 
ligfifflhov  fweefand  comfortable  that  place  was 
co  her,  But  to  rctuio  :  The  I*4f«*s  laid  hold  of 
ttj,  putliqgihe  pa  way,  dad  the  C  hildrco  aiothe  r^ 
aodfafd)  Corns  £talowgvnih.M',  (toldcbecnifacy 
Would  kili  03$..  they  oofwercd;  I/I  win  willing  to 

ng  with  tbctn  ,  tbtyvtoyld  not  b*r(  me. 
Oh  the  doleful)  fight  tt)at  oc  w  -wai  to  behold  at 
ouff  !  Cciwe,  -faboU'Wc  wor^nf  'the  L&49 
tobai  di/olaiiom  ht  has  nwdc  in  the  £artb.  Of  thir-' 
t,y  fcy.eja  pf  rfons  who  wereio  fbis.ouc  Houf^noac 
efcaped  either  prefent  death,  or  a  bitter  cj  pti  viiy, 
favc  ooly  one,  who  rnigbc  fay  a*  be.  ?<»£  J.  j$« 


were 


If  5 

were  twelve  killed,  fome  (hot,  feme 
ibwr  Spcats,  fomt  knock'd  down  with  their  Hat- 
xbets.  Whea  we  arc  in  profpwity,  Oh  the  little 
ibatwe  think  of  fach  dreadful!  Hgists,  and  to  fee 
tiu*  dear  Ftiendr,  and  Relations  |y  bkeding  out 
Bbeir  heart-blood  apoajhe  grouod.  There  wai  one 
who  was  choptjnto  the  head  with  a  Hatcher,  sod 
ft;ipt  naked,  andytrwascrawIiogupaiiddowQ. 
It  is  'a  folernn  fighrio  Ice  ro^anyChriftiici  lying 
Jn  thdr  Wood,  fome  here,  and  feme  tbc?^,  likea 
contpaoy  of  Sherp  torn  by  Wolves.  AJtofthsm 
ftiipt  naked  by  a  coffipiny  of  fall-hounds*  -roar 
ing,  fiaging,  rsaticg  andinfultfog,  as  if  they  would- 
have  torn  our  very  hearts  out  ;  yet  the  Lord  by  his 
Almighty  power  preferred  a  oombcr  of  usffom 
.deatjh,foi  there  were  Iw^nty-fo^rdf  i^s-fakcn  alive 
4p4  1  carried  Captive. 

7  had  often  befw^  ihiufrtidy  tlyat  if  fa  Indians 
fiO*ldcomtt  Ifauld  cb*  fir  other  to  be  titled  by  thilfr 
ihtn-tat(en  alive  but  whcivh-camc  to  the  tryal  my 
mind  changed^  their  glittering  j#fipomfodaun- 
i^  my  fpirir,  ihac-l  chofe  rafthcfttego  afecg  with 
tbof*  Ca*  I  may  fay)  ra  venous  Resits,  tt*n  that  mo 
ment  to  end  cny  <J«.yes  j  a_qd  t;ha^l  may  the  better 
ifecla'r?  wbai  happened  tomecfuriog  that  grievous 
I  (hoi)  particufatly  fpeak  of  tbc  feverall 
hsd  up  and  down  (be 


away  wc<mu(Vgo  with  thofc  Batharoas 


Crwnires,  with  oar  bodies  wounded  and  bfeej- 
ingyandour  hesrtifla  lefschan  our  bodies*  Aboyra 
mite  we  went  that  night,ap  upon  a  hill  within  %fet 
of  the  Town  where  they  intended  to  lodge.  There 
was  tard  by  a  vacanr  hoafc  (  deferted  by  the  Engr 
Jifli  before,  for  fear  of  the  Infant]  tasked  them 
whtcher  I  might  not  lodge  in  the  houfe  tbat  night 
to  which  they  anfwcred,  what  will  you  love  £*/- 
Ji//;  w*«  ftill  ?fch«  wis  the  dolefaileft  nighi  that 
ever  my  <ycs  law.    Oh  the  roaring,  aod  fiogin^ 
and  dioceing,  atvi  yelling  of  (hofe  biaek  crcaturc<? 
in  iheatgbr,  which  made  the  peace  a  lively  refem 
bUaccofhsll  And  as  mtfmbfe  was  the  waft 
thai  was?  there  made,  of  Horfes,  Gnnle,  Sheep^ 
SwincjCalreSjUmbs,  Roafting  Pigs,  aod  Fowl 
[  which  they  bad  pfoadeted  in  the  Town)  forae 
roaftfagjfomc  lying'aad  bur  ning,an4  f«mc  boyl'MW 
to  feed  our  m<rcil&fs  Enemies;  who  were  joyfw 
enough  though  we  wert  dircoofflUce     To  aj| 
to  *he  dolefulnefs  of  the  former  day ,  tod  the  dif^ 
malaeff  of  the  prefeat  night:  my  thoughts  tan  up 
on  my-  loCTci  aod  fad  bereaved  condition,     /til 
•szas  gone,  ray  Kofband  gone(aC  lealt  (eparaced 
from  me,  be  being  in  the  Bay  \  an^  to  Sdd  to^  my 
grkf,  fheI«<iM»n^  metheymroaldkUl  Kfrnas 
5c  came  homeward  )  Wy  Children  gone,  my 
-Relation!  and  Friends  gop«yom  Hoafc  and  home 
arid  *ftour  comforts  witbtodooiii  and  VuhGur,aU 
was  gone,  (except  my  Ufe)  and  1  knew  nor  but 
(he  oc«t  moment  t  bat  migh;  go  too.        There 
fcmaioca  oothiog;  to  me  bm  one  poor  wound 

ML 


td  Babe,  and  Jt  famed  at  prefeof  worfe  rhau  dcarfr 
tbac  it  was  in  fuck  a  pitiful  condition,  befpraKiog, 
Compatfjon,and  I  bad«*  refrcfhiBg  for  if,  nor 
CuUable  thingp  ro  revive  it,  Little  do  many  thiofc 
what  i«  t  he  favageoefr  and  brimifhnefs  of  this  bar 
barous  Enemy  i  even  tbofc  that  kem  to  pro* 
fcfs  moretban  others  among  them,  wfaen  fcbe 
J»//«/fc  fas  ve  fallen  into  their  bands. 

Thofefevcn  that  were  kUIed  at  La*caflcrtkt 
fummer  before  upon  a  5abbathday,  and  <he  one 
that  wa$  afterward  kiffcd  upon-a  w«fk  day,  were 
Pain  and  mangfedin  a  baifcarous.  manner,  by  one- 
cytd/^o,aod  Marlfa  'mgfft  Praying 
which  Capr, 


trawl  wtbfrm  t*toi 


or  pen 

hem,  and  bittcrnefi  of  mF  fpiric,  that  j  bod  at 
tbndeparture  :  but  God  *««  w«h  roc,  ^  ,  W0n. 

30d 


^  my  poor  wounded  J&tbccpoa  a  borf?, 
1 


«  ,  atxi 

earned  rtittttjy5rm«tUlmy^w^I|  failed,  and  J 

(cil 


fell  down  with  it  :  Then  they  Ut  me  cpoa  a  horle 
wii&JBy  wounded  Child  in  my  hp^and  tbere  being 
no  furoicuure  upon  the  horCe  back  ;  as  we  were  go- 
iog  down  a  deep  bill,  we  both  fell  over  t&ehorfes 
header  which  they  like  inhumane  creatures  taught, 
ao4rc)oyced  to  fee  it,  though  1  thought  we  fhould 
there  have  ended  our  dayes,  as  overcome  with  fo 
many  difficulties.     But  the  Lord  renewed  my 
Owjgrh  Oi!{,  and  carried  me  aloog,  that  1  might 
foe  more  of  his  Power  ;  y.ca,  fo  much  that  I  could 
never  have  thought  of,  had  (  Dot  experienced  it. 
is  it  quic\\y  began  to  j  'now,  and  when 
they  flopt  :  and  nowJown  I  nwjlfit 
,  by  a  hub  fat,  and  a  few  bough*  behind 
We,  vnb  **>y  fie  {Child  m  my  lap  \  And  caUiog  much 
forwattf*  bring  now  (through  tbi  wound)  fallen 
into  a  wokrt  Ffvtr.    My  own  wound  alfo  g1  ow 
ing  fo  ft  iff,  that  I  could  fcarce  fit  dowo  or  rile  up  ; 
yet  to  ic  rnuft  be,  that  I  rnuft  fit  ail  this  cold  vs.  inter 
ttighj  upon  the  cold  fnowy  grouod,  with  my  fick 
Child  vn  my  artnes,  looking  that  every  hour  would 
be  the  laft  of  its  life;  and  having  no  Chriftianhicnd 
maime,  cither  to  comfort  or  help  me.  Ob^  I  way 
fee  tbe  voonderfull  power  ofGtd,  thorny  Spirit  did 
wf  utttilj  founder  my  affliftion  :  (till  the  Lorf 
me  mth  his  gracious  and  mm  if  nil  Spiff'*) 
»f  vnre  both  alive  to  fee  tbt  li&bt  of-tfanext 


an 

their 


of  tit 

ffo/  fit*mt  0$  btbind  kimr  with 
jBakeiamrtw,  A  very  wearifoofte  and  tedious 
•dty  I  f»td  of  it  j  what  with  my  own  wound,  aod 
jny  Cliilds  being  fo  exceeding  fick^aod  ia  fclamca- 
table  condition  with. bet  wound.  It  may  be  eafi- 
ly  judged  what  a  poor  feeblccondiften  wcwecchr, 
there  being  not  the  leaftciumb  of  rcfrclbjog  that 
came  within  eichcr  of  our  mouths,  from  Wcdntftty 
pight  to  Srtwday  night,  except  only  a  little  cold 
wa<er.  .  Tbis  day  in  the  afternoon,  about  an  Hour 
by  Sun,  we  came  to  the  place  wbirc  tfcey  imcnd- 
dcd,  viz..  an  Indian  Town,  called  Wenimtfity,  Nor- 
Ward  of  Quabtug.  When  we  were  cooar,  Qh  tb« 
cumber  of  Pagans  (now  mcTqlcfi^oernies J  that 
there  came  about  me,  that  I  may  (ayas'P<aw</, 
Pfal.  17  1 3 ,  /  badfantedi  wltfi'lfoA]bfo*f  d  &<;+ 
The  next  cUy  was  the  Sabbath  :  1  then.renttemened 
hijw  carclcfs  ( had  bcea  of  Gods  holy  kxSc* .  how 
many  5abbaihs  1  had  foft  and  rnif pen r,  andhow 
e?ily  1  had  walked  in  Gods  fight ;  which.hV  fot 
dorsunro  myfpitit ,  that  it  was  eafie  for  nt?  to  fee 
bow  righteous  it  was  with  God  to  cuioff(h«.cfcreied 
of  my  life,  and  caft  me  out  of  burlMc fence  for  c- 
ver.  .  Yet  the  Lord  ftill  fhc  wed  mercy  ta  mo,  ^ud 
upheld  jnc^  and  as  he  wounded  me  with  one  hand, 
|o.  be  bejrf.ed  me  wirh  tbc  other*  This  day  there 
meontfabbsrt  P/p/«r.  Camao  -belonging 
ry)  who  was  taken  in  Captain  Been  bi^ 

,  imdiiod  becnaow  a  confiderabk  time  with 
aod  op -wirh  them  almoft  as  far  as 


ty,  ashetoloW, 
now  very  lately  conic  imo  thefc  party.  Hearing, 
t  fey,  that  I  was  in  cbis  Indian  ToWn,  he  obtain^ 
leave  to  come  and  fee  rat.  He  told  roc,  he  him- 
(elf  was  wounded  in  the  leg  at  Captam  Jeers  bis 
Fight;  and  wai  not  able  fome  time  to  go,  but  as 
ehcy  carried  him,  and  as  he  took  Oaken  leaves  and 
liid  to  his  wonod,  and  through  tbc  blefficg  of  God 
he  was  aWe  (o  cravel  agaio.  Tben  I  too  k  Oaken 
leaves  and  laid  to  my  fide,  and  With  che  bWffing  o  f 
God  it  cftred  me  alfo;  ye(t  before  the  Cure  was 
wiought,!  mayfay,  as  it  is  in  «?/«/.  38,  5  ,  6.  Mj 
oxkdt  ft  inland  are  corrupt9  I  am  troubled  ,  \«nf 


Ifat  much  alone  with  a  poor  woandcd  CMld  io  my 
Up,  wbkb  moaned  night  aad  <fay,  having  no 
thing  to-avivcthe  body,or  cheer  the  fpirits  of  .her, 
bat  in  fteadofehat,  fometimesoae  Indian  would 
Come  and  tell  me  one  hour,  cbst  your  Mail  cr  writ 
kqodtyour  Child  in  the  head,  and  then  a  fccotuf, 
aodtheq.a  third,  yout  Matter  will^uickly  knock 
your  CbiJd  in  the  head* 

Thuvaf  th«  comfort  Htd  from  them,  mijertble 
comfatw  are  je  all%  at  he  fad.  Thus  mac  duyes 
I  fat  upon  my  knees,  with  my  Babe  ia  017  hp,  uli 
my  flcfh  was  raw  again  \  my  Cbifd  being  even  tea 
dy  Co  depart  this  forrowfult  Wotld,  they  bad*  me 
carry  it  out  to  another  Wigwam  Clfuppofebt* 
ciafe  they  woold  not  be  troa&ed  with  foch  fptfta* 
cles>  Wbuber  I  went  with  a  very  heavy  hftair,.«pd 
down  I  fat  w'uh  the  piclarc  of  death4Dmf  te? 

Abed 


ftbcut  two  bouces  jo  the  night,  my  fweet  B*bea 
like  a  Lambe  departed  this  Iff,  oo  Ftb,\3.  tt?s* 
It  being  about  fa  ysartt,  aad  jfoe  month  old.  /c 
was  Mntdaj.tt  from  the  ft.- ft  wounding,  in  this 
mifcrable  condition,  without  any  rcfrc&ing  of 
Oncoitorc  or  other,  except  a  little  cold  water.  I 
cannot Jwu  sUce  notice ,  how  at  anoihcr  time  I 
could  not  bear  to  be  in  the  room  where  any  dead 
perfooww,  but  now  the  caYc  is  changed ;  I  muft 
and  eould  ly  down  by  my  dedd  Babc,ftde  by  fide 
ill  tbc  night  after,  1  have  thought fiocc  of  the 
wonderful!  goodncfj  of  God  tome,iQpreferviag 
imin  the  ufe  of  my  reafon  and  fcofcs,  io  that  di- 
ftrefledtime,  that  I  did  not  ufe  wicked  and  ?iolcot 
rncaos  to  rod  mj  own  m«fcr«|ble  life,  lo  themor- 
ningjWben  they  uod«rfto.od  that  my  child  wa*  dead 
thcyfent  formfthomc  tomyMaftersWigwinu 
(by  my  Maftcr  io  this  writing,  rnutl  be  uajitr* 
Itood  ~£*an6pin9  who  wai  a  Saggamore,  and  mar  • 
ficdKing  Pbtlhys  wives  Sifter;  not  rhac  befitft 
tox)fe  rae,  but  I  was  fold  to  him  by  another  War* 
rkfffan/et  Indian,  who  took  me  when  firft  I  came 
out  of  thtf  Garifoo1)  1  went  lotcisC  op  my  dead 
caild  in  my  arms  foca/ry  it  with  mc,buc  tbey  bid 
melw-iulpn::  there  was  no  refifting,  bwgoe  J 
;nufi  ind-feavc  it.  Whc o  I  had  been  at  my  m»ft- 
^w^r  took  the  firft  oppotiucity  1  couW 
o  loolt fccr  wy  dead  child :  when  ( came  I 
d  done  with  it?  then  they 
:  tbco  they  went 


C"J 

me  where  it  was,  where  I  faw  the  groun  J 
was,newly  digged,  and  there  they  told  me  chey 
had  buried  it :  Tbvre  Jitjt  thtLCMdinthc  WilJtrt 
titfs,  andwtujl  commit  it,  tad  my  Jd/  alfofatht* 
Wilderntjj~conditto*j  to  him  who  h  above  a II,  God 
having  token  away  this  dear  Child,  1  went  to  fee 
my  daughter  Mary,  who  wat  at  this  fame  InJun 
T<*n,  at  a  Wigwam  nor  very  far  off,  tboifgh  we 
had  httk  liberty  or  opporlboity  to  fee  one  toother. 
ihc  was  a  bout  tep  years  otd>&  taken  from  thedooi 
ar  6f  ft  by  *Praji»t  hd  &  afterward  fold  for  a  goc* 
When  I  came  in  fight,  (be  Would  fa!)  a  weeping ; 
8t  which  they  were  provoked,  and  would  rot  let 
me  come  near  her ,  but  bade  me  be  gooe  ;  w  hich 
was  a  heart-cutciog  word  to  me.  !  had  one  Child 
dead,  another  in  ihc  WHdrrnels,!  knew  no;  where, 
tbe'third  they  Woold'oot  let  me  .come  near  co:  Aft 
fasJie/aJd)  hawje-berewcd  ofn>y  Childre**  Jpfc ph 
wn^tfw^SioieoaiJM^f,  0n4ytmllta^e  Benjamm 
<i//0,  all  tfaff  thing?  «re  again  ft  me.  Icculdnot 
fitttfll  in. this  condition,  bur  kept,  walking  from 
one  place  to  another.  And  as  f  was  going  along, 
my  heart  was  *v«ft  over  wbelm'd  with  the  thougbrj 
of  my  condition,  and  that  I  ihould  have  Children, 
and  a  Nation,  Which  I  fyew  tot  ruled wey  them 
Whewtjxm  1  earhe^ry  entreated  (be  Lord,  that  he 
would  consider  my-lovtrcfrate,  sod  fhcw  nae  a  tokto 
forgooi,  and. if  ii  were  his  felrflfoi  wiM,  fome  fij^o 
BJidbqpecffome  rejicf.  An^  indeed  qoickly  tJ>e 
lord  aofwcrcd,  in  fame8  meafurejmy  poor  prayjcrr. 

For 


f  'Jl 

for  as  1  was  goidg  up  and  down  mourn  iflg  aod  la- 
meatiog  mycondition,  my  SOD  came  tome,  a.nd 
aiked  me  how  I  did  j  I  had  not  fccn  him  before, 
fioc*  the  deftiutf  ion  of  che  Town,  and  I  knew  noc 
where  he  was*  till  I  was  informed  by  hirnfalt,  that 
he  was  amongft  a  fmaller  pcrcc(of/Ww«/,  whole 
place  was  about  fix  mites  oft;  with  tears  in  his 
eyes  ,  he  asked  me  whether  his  Sifter  SirtJ^was 
dead ;  aod  told  me  he  had  fccn  his  Sifter  M&-J  ; 
and  prayed  mr,  that  Jf  would  oof  be  troubled  io  re 
ference  ro  himfclf.  The  occafion  of  his  coming  to 
fee  me  at  this  time,  was  this :  There  vaf,  at  Iftn4n 
about  fix  mikffrom  u*t  afmal  Plantation  of  Indv» 
ans,  where  it  fains  he  had  bten  during  hn  Captiv*; 
ty :  a»d  at  this  time,  (hert  were  [ome  Forctt  of  the 
Ind.  gatfaed  out  of  our  companftandfotHe  a/Jbfrow 
Atm  (tmwg  vho/n  &AJ  my  Sons  tnafler)  to  go  to  af- 
fault  and  bum  Medfi  cJd :  in  ibis  time  of  the  abfs*ce 
of  bit  mnfter,  bxdame  brought  fato  to  foe  me,  I  took 
this  to  be  ibme gracious  anfwcr  to  cny  earnejft  and 
unfeigned  defne.  The  next  day,  W;L.  to  chit,  the  /«* 
^n/remrnrd  from  Mtdfal^  9|i  tbc  company, 
for  thofe  that  bclooged  to  the  other  fmal  company, 
came  thorough  the  Town  that  now  we  were  at 
But  .before  they  came  to  us,  Oh!  the  outragioos 
roaring  and  hooping  that  there  was :  They  began 
ttwir  dmaoout  a  mile  before  they  came  to  us.  By 
Aeir  nojfe  and  boopiog  they  fi'gnified  how  many 
they  had  ikf  troy ed  (whub  wa«  at  tnar  rln^c  twen 
ty  three* )  Thofe  that  were  with  us  at  home,  were 
B  a  gathered 


C'43 

gathered togttne*  8*  fooflas  they  heard  the  hoop- 
ing7  and  every  time  ihat  the  other  went  over  tht ir 
number,  thefc  at  borne  gave  a  fliout,  that  the  very 
Earth  rung  again :  And  ibtw  they  coutioped  till 
thofe  that  had  bccnupon  the  expedition  were  come 
op f  0  the  Sagamores  Wigrtam ;  and  then,  Oh,the 
hideous  infulting  and  triumphing  that  there  was  o 
trer  forne  -^hfhtnenf  fcalps  that  they  hadJakea 
Cas  their  manner  id  and  brought  with  them.  I  can. 
f>ot  but  take  notice  of  the  wonderful!  mercy  of 
God  to  me  m  thofe  affli&ionsjin  /eodingir.e  a  Bible 
One  of  the  W/om  that  came  from  M*dfittd6%ht9 
had  brought  feme  pl£mdei\  came  tome,  and  asKed 
fn«r  ifl  wctrldbavca  Bible,  he  gadget  one  in  his 
Baffect,  lw«$gf«dof  itj  «nd8ske<lij«mf  whether 
he  thought  th*  J*^/tf>v  would  let  rue  read  J  he*n* 
f«et«d,y/$;  fol took  the  Bible,  andmthtf  me- 
^nclutly  time,  it  came  tutomy  mind  to  read  firft 
the  -2,8.  Ctep.  of  rZJfeir.  -which  I  did ,  eod  when  } 
had  rrs  d  it,  my  dark  heart  wrought  on  this  ma  nfter, 
2"^'  ffcfrf  nw  PO  mercy  fa  mer  tbrtthftlfifflitgs 
vreYegcM)  Kindt  fat  ttffa  CAM**  tbiHrroom9an<ithat 
HaJ/oft  my  opportunity.  But  the  Lord  helped  me 
ftUIto  go  one  reading'filt  lea  me  to  Ckay.  50  t)w 
feven  firft  verfe^  where  1  found,  Tb0ew*r9»tr+ 
ifecl  again,  ifvt  venter  *tw*  **  ^6/^en- 
an  a' though  W 
EjrtJ>to(brctbcrt 

Qvrfet 

1  do  not  deflTe  to  iiv<  to  forge?  this 
whafcojnforritwastoTine.  Mow 


tkc  fah 

,  [<we:ont  way,  wdfome  anrtkr.  There  wc/e 
.  bdide  my  felf  ofcie,  £)ig/ijSlb  Captives  to  tfcis 
place  UlUf  them  ChWren,  except  one  Woman; 
Tgot  an  opportunity  to  go  and  tak«  my  leave  of 
•,  they  being  togoonc  way,  and.  I  another, 
fd  t^m  wbctbirtbty  wtrt  tanefl  w.tk  God  j  w 
ranct  ,  they  cold  ths4  coey  dt4  as  they  were 
able,  and  it  was  fotne  cocnfort  to  me,that  the  Lord 
ftirr?  d  up  Chifaen  to  look  tohtv*  Toe  Wound 
«cx»  Goodwife  7«J^»  told  me,  (he  ft  ould  never  fee 
meagdin,attdAat(hecouldfiad  in  her  hea/t  to 
run  away  j  I  wifhc  her  oot  to  mi  away  by  any 
mcani  ,for  we  were  ocar  thirty  miles  from  any  £«- 
giijh  T«s?»randrhc  very  big  wlchChUd,  an.d  fcad 
but  one  week  to  reckon  ;  and  another  Cbikf  iff  her 
Arms,  two  years  old,  and  bad  Rivers  there  were,  to 
go  over  .&  we  were  feeble,  with  our  poor  &  conrfa 
entertainment;  I  bad  my  Bible  with  me,  I  puUed 
it  out,  acd  asked  her  whethef  (he  would  read;  wtf 
opened  the  Bible  and  Ughtcdjon  Tp/.  zy.  in  wbich 
Pfalm  wt  efpcially  took  do^cc  of  that, 
Wait  60  the  Utd,  Bt  gf  good  cow*&<  ,  » 
ft  reHgt&wtJjiite.  Hear*,  watt  l/aj  m  (be  Lord. 


The  fourth 

\  mitft  part  vntbibat  \\ttlt 
.  Here  I  p*r:<d  ffom  my  Daughter  , 
(whom  I  aever  faw  again  till  I  Ciw  her  inDsyoc/Sfcr, 
retarded  frora  Captivity,  an  J  from  four  little  Cou  - 
B 


[  16  1 

fins  and  Neighbours,  Tome  of  which  I  never  fa  w  afc 
tcrwjjJ :  ebc  Lord  only  knows  the  end  of  them. 
Amongft  £  hem  alfo  was  that  poor  Woman  before 
tne  HI  oped,  who  came  ro  a  fad  end,  as  fomc  of  the, 
company  fold  me  in  ray  travel :  She  having  much 
g  iff  upon  her  Spirit,  about  her  miferablc  conditi 
on,  being  fo  near  her  time,  (he  would  be  often  ask 
ing  the  ladtant  to  let  her  go  home;  they  not  being 
willing  to  char,  and  yet  vexed  wuh  her  importuni 
ty,  gathered  a  great  company  together  about  her, 
and  ftript  her  naked,  and  fc  therm  the  midftof 
them;  and  when  they  had  fang  and  danced  about 
her  ( in  their  he Ihfh  manner)  as  long  as  they  plea- 
ied,  they  knockt  hei  on  head,  and  the  child  in  het 
arms  with  her :  when  they  bad  done  that,  thef 
made  a  fire  aod  put  them  both  into  if,  and  told  the 
other  Children  tlut  were  with  them,  that  if  they 
attempted  to  go  ftome,  they  would  feive (hernia 
like  manner .  Tue  Children  (aid-  (he  did  not  (hcd 
one  tear,  but  prayed  all  the  while.  But  to  return 
to  n  y  own  Journey ;  we  travelled  about  half  a  day 
or  Itttlc  more,  aodcametoadefolateplaccioche 
Wildcrnf  fs,  where  there  were  no  Wt^v,*™,  or  In 
habitants  before;  we  cam e  about  the  middle  ot  the 
afccrooon  to  thii  place  ,  cold  and  wet ,  and  iftowy, 
aod  hungry, and  wcary,and  no  refrcfliing,  for  man, 
but  tbc  cold  ground  to  fu  on,  a  ad  our  poor  Indian 

cheer 

tftart~akjn£  tko*$A /  ben  1  had  about  wy  poor 
CbiMnn&ho  w\ efaftertd  up  and  down  amon&ik 


wild  btajls  sftkefortcjl:  My  head  Wai  light  &  dilfcy 
(cither  through  hunger  or  hard  lodging,  or  trouble 
or  altogether )  my  facet  feeble,  my  body  raw  by 
lit  ( log  double  night  and  day,  Chat  Icannot  cxprcfs 
to  man  the  afflidion  that  Uy  upon  my  Spirit,  but 
the  Lord  helped  me  at  that  time  to  exprefs  it  to 
him  fclf .  ]  opened  my  'Bible  to  read,  and  the  Lord 
brought  that  pttcious  Scripture  to  me,  \tr.  j  1. 16. 
Tb*f  faith  tbt  Lord9reframthy  voice  from  »eefrmg9 
andthine  (jet  from  ttavitfor  tby  vor^fball  be  rewar 
ded,  and  tbej  {hall  come  again  from  tbg  land  of  the 
Enentr,  t  This  wai  a  fwcet  Cordial  to  one,  wheo  I 
wis  ready  ro  faint,  many  and  many  a  time  have  / 
fndovn,  and  wceptfwcetly  over  this  Scripture. 
At  this  place  we  continued  about  four  dayes. 

Tbfffib  Remove. 

The  tccafon  (41 ;  thought)  of  their  moving  *t  this 
time ,  wMy  the  Engllih  A'm}  ft  being  near  and  fal 
lowing  tbtm:  For  tbcy  went, as  if  they  had  gone  for 
their  lives,  for  fonxc  confiderablc  way5and  then  they 
made  a  ftop,  and  chofc  fomc  of  their  ftouteft  men, 
and  fcnc  them  back  to  hold  the  Pnglifh  Army  in 
play  whilft  the  reft  efcaped  :  And  then,  It^e  Jehu, 
tbcy  marched  o*f HI iou/ly*  with  thtir  old,  and  wth 
tbctr  youttg  ifome  carritd  their  old  decrepit  mot  btt  s* 
[omit  earned  one,  and  fame  another.  Four  of  them 
cauied  a  great  Indian  upon  a  Bier;  but  going 
through  a  thick  Wood  with  him,  they  were  bind- 
v*4,  and  could  make  no  baft  j  whereupon  they  tooK 


trtm  upon  toetibackf,  *«*  carried  him,  one  ata 
time,  till  they  came  to  BacpMg  River.  Upon  a 
.Friday,  a  little  after  noon  we  came  to  this  River. 
When  all  the  company  was  come  up,  and  were  ga 
thered  together,  I  zbought  to  count  the  number  of 
them,  but  they  were  fo  many,  and  being  fomcwhat 
in  morion,  it  was  beyond  my  skil.  In  this  trave?, 
becaufeofmywound,  I  was  foraewnat  favoured 
in  my  load ;  I  carried  only  my  knitting  work  and 
two  quarts  of  parched  meal:  Being  very  faint  I 
asked  my  raiftrifo  to  give  me  ofce  fpoonfull  of  the 
n>ea1,  but  (he  ittwld  not  give  me  a  lafte.  They 
quickly  fell  to  cutting  dry  trees,  to  make  Rafts  to 
carry  them  over  the  fiver :  and  foen  my  turn  camo 
to  go  over  :  By  the  advantage  of  fbme  brafh 
wi>icb  they  had  laid  upon  the  Raft  to  fit  upon,  I 
did  oot  wet  my  foot  (wbicb  many  of  tbcmfelvcs  at 
the  other  end  were  raid-leg  decplwbich  cannot  bu  t 
beackoowle(Jge£fas3(avour  of  God  to  my  weak- 
ocdbody,  ittxing  a  very  cold  time.  1  was  not  be 
fore  acquainted  wiib  fuch  kind  of  doings  or  dan 
ger*  Wben  ibon  pajfi/t  through  the  »aUr*  \  wtl  be 
wtbtbt,*rf  thro»g*> ib,  Rivtn  ibeyfia&nefffW 
fk»  thetSfai.  4$.*.  A  certain  flUi«bet  of  us  got  o» 
ver  the  River  tbat'nt'gbt,  bat  it  was  the  nighc  after 
&e  Sabtath  before  all  the  company  was  got  over. 
Oivibe  Saturday  they  boylcd  an  oM  Horfo  lea 
which  they  had  got)  aod  fo  we  drank  of  tbe  troth, 
Aifoonasthfyihooght  it  wb ready,  and  wnetiit 
gone,  they  fiM  it  up  agdin. 


H9] 


gtt  any  ths*g\ 
grow  very  jam*  forttHtotoffomfthum  avdycfit 
mi  vp}  bard  togetdwtm  tbtir  (titty  trajfi  :  but  tht 
tbit4  vttk9  though  /  could  tfanl^hotoformirly  my 
stomach  would  tarn  again  ft  tbit  or  that,  and  i  cottld 
Starve  anddy  befort  i  could  cat  fuck  thingt^  ytl  ifay 
vert  fwttt  and  favoury  to  my  tafe.  I  was  at  ibis 
time  knitting  a  pair  of  white  cotton  ftockios  for  my 
miftrifs  ;  and  had  not  yet  wrought  upon  a  Sabbath 
day  ;  when  the  Sabbath  came  thty  bade  me  go  to 
work  ;  I  told  them  it  was  the  Sabbaih-day,  and  de- 
Crcd  them  to  let  me  rcrt,  and  toKJ  them  I  would  <fo 
as  much  raorc  to  morrow  ;  fo  which  they  anfwerv 
cd  me,  they  would  break  my  face.  And  here  /  cao' 
cot  but  cake  notice  of  the  ftf  angc  providence  of 
God  in  prcferving  fbc  heachrn  :  Tbcy-  we*  e.maoy 
hund'Cds,  old  and  young,  feme  fitkr,  and  (bore  lame 
many  had  Pffpwfa  at  tdtir  backi,tbe  greatcU  oum- 
beracrhisdme  wichus,  wire  Squxtvr,  and  they 
Ctavc>lcd  with  alt  they  had>  bag  aod  baggage,  and 
y«  i^cy  got  over  this  River  aforcfaid;  and  on 
Mttnday  they  fet  r  beir  Wtfftamt  on  fire,  atx)  away 
.fteywent:  On  chat  very  day  came  the  EHgfyb 
Army  *f»«r  them  to  chis  River,  ajod  faw  the  fowak 
xrfthcir  w*jtrcmj,«nd  yetthis  River  put  a  flop  to 
them  ,  God  did  not  give  them  coaragt  or  activity. 
fogoover  afcct  us  ;  we  Wcreuot  ready  for  fogfcat 
^  as  vftfory  and  dcliveratJCe;  if  we  had  been, 
wool  J  have  found  out  away  for  the  £nglifh 

to 


.. 

to  hive  pafte<Mhis  River,  as  well  as  for  the  Indian 
with  their  Sfy&tof  and  ChtUrtn,  and  all  their  L 
gage:    Ob  that  mjf  froph  kadbcarktHtd  to  me, 
ffrael  had  r&!kcA  in  *>}  *W*  '  frwld 
dtttdtbtir  Emmies,  and  turned  wj 
their  Mvtffents,  PfaU  81-  1).  14. 


Tktfuetb 

On  Monday  (at  1  (ait) 
o«  ]5rc  ,  fln^  tr«wt  41*9.  It  was  a  cold  morning,  an 
before  DI  tbere  was  a  grcac  Brook  with  ice  on  it  ; 
foroe  traded  throghityUp  to  the  koccs&  highcr,buc 
others  went  till  they  came  to  a  Beaver  dam,  and  I 
fiffiongtt  them,where  t^roagb  the  good  providence 
of  God,  I  did  not  wee  my  foot.   /  went  alpng  that 
day  mourniog  and  lamenting,  leaving  farther  my 
own  Country,  and  travelling  into  tbevaftaod 
howling  Wttrtritf//,  and  I  uodciHood  (omethiog  of 
Zrf'i  Wifc'i  Temptation,  when  foe  look*  Jlacl^: 
we  came  that  day  to  a  great  Swamp,  by  the  fide  of 
which  We  took  up  our  lodging  that  night.  When  I 
came  to  the  brow  of  the  hii.t  uat  looked  toward  the 
Swamp,!  thought  we  had  beencome  to  a  gr<at  /»< 
dun  Town  (though  there  were  none.  bat  our  psva 
Company)  The  mti«*i  wVreasthktt  as  theneej: 
it  fecmd  as  it.  there  had  been  a  tboufajid  Hatchets 
going  at  once:  if  one  looked  before  one,  there  was; 
nothing  bat  iKdianty  aad  behind  one,  oothiiiDgbue 
Si  and  fo  on  cither  hand,  -Irnyfclfjnthe 
andnoCbriftianfDulnfarinr,  andjtifav 

•bad 


-,      *' 

litb  tie  tafdfrtftvvld  me  infafttf?  Ok  tUtt  wper 
ITitncctkatIhAVt(>adofiht£OBdnefe  of  God,  ton* 
wdtuine ! 

Thtftventh  Ktmovg, 

jlfnv  a  ye/tig  ft  and  hungry  night  fan,  &e  had  « 
wartfomc  time  of  it  tht  wxt^day.  The  Swamp  by 
which  we  lay,  was^ai  it  were,  a  deepDong*  on,and 
in  exceeding  high  and  deep  bill  before  it.  Before 
I  got  ro  tbe  wpof  the  hill,  1 thooght  my  6rart  and 
Irgs,  arid  sll  would  have  broken,  and  failed  me. 
What  through  faintoeff,  and  forencf*  ofbody,  it 
was  a  gi ie vonj  day  of  travf  I  to  me.  sis  we  \»nt 
ala»i ,  i  fa*  a  place  where  Englifli  Cattle  b«4  been : 
that  vat  comfwt  to  mt,fucb  as  it  »&  :  qwc^t'of- 
ter  that  we  came  to  an  EogUfli  Tatb,  wfab  f>  too^ 
vtthmfy  that  i  ttiou&hticotila'  have  fail)  l*m  down 
tnddytdi  That  day,  a  iittlcaftcr  nooo,  we  came 
to  Squ*ukbi{igt  where  -the  intifai  qokkly  fprcad 
thcmfdvcs  over  the  dcfetted  Englifo  Fktds,  gfcarr- 
ing  what  they  coold6ad;  fomc  pickt  up  caf$  of 
Wheat  that  w^rc  trickled  down,  forae  fouod  ca?§ 
of  jndf/M  Corrf,  fome  found  Ground- o^is,  and  o- 
tbcrs  (hf  aves  of  Wheat  that  were  frozen  togcrbet 
teiheOiock.&wcottothfefhiogoTthetn  cue  My 
felf  got  two  ears  of /»<//<2«  Cora,  and  wdilftldid 
tor  turn  my  buk,  one  of  them  was  ftotco  from 
me,  wbirh  /much  troubled  me  There  came  aaZn* 
diantothcm  at  that  time,  with  a  basket  of  Horfc- 
1  iver.  I  aslced  him  to  give  me  a  piece :  wbat%  fa\9$ 
he  ctooiKat  ^f^/f-JiwrHtotdhijnJ  would  try, 

if 


I-M  I 

il  he  wofcld#y.e  a  $*c«,  fohicb  be  did,  and  I  /aid  ft 
onthe<ca1f<JiL*bfti  bat  before  ft  was  half  rcadtf 
they  got  half  of  itaway  from  me,  fo  than  was  fain 
totakethercftandeatJcasitW*  with  the  Wooi 
about  my  tnouih,  aodyeufavourybicitwastc 
ine;  for  to  *&*  \3HVtgyy  $o^\  ewvfbitUvthi^gk 
fwtttt  Afoteranfightmethoughtitwaf,  to  fee 
f  kids  of  wheat  and  rw&ia  Corn  fwfakeo  and  fpoi« 
fed:  and  the  rrmaindctsof  tbcntto  be  food  foi[ 
«ur  tfiercilefi  Eritinies.  That  night  ye  bad  a  mcfe 


tight 
ODlbe;morrcwmotnirg  we  mud  go 

f.  Connetticot,  to  meet  w'nb  King  Pfcf  //p, 
Cawoo*  full,  they  had  carried  over,  the  next, 
Two  j  my  felf  was  to  go  i  but  as  my  foot  was  upoo- 
Jthe  Cavnoo  to  ftepin,  there  was  a  fuddcn  oat-cry 
«toong  them,  and  j  moft  ftep  back  ;  a»d  i«ftf  ad  of 
£oiog  ov«r  the  River,  j  mud  go  Jour  or  five  miles 
jip  the  River  farther  Northward.  Some  of  rtie 
,/^aifMaa  One  way,  and  feme  another.  '  The 
.eiiure  of  this  rout  vaaS)  as  )  thought,  thc»<  tfpying 
Joroe  fn£kfk  $couts,vrhb  were  thcrcabcuc.  In 
'this  travel  up  the  River  ;  about  noon  thc>Compa^ 
ny  rnadc  a  ftopjtnd  (ate  do  wo  \  fome  to  eat,  aod 
others  to  fift  thom.  A$  I  fate  amongf*,  them,  mir4 
iiog'oF  things  paft,  rcy  Son  fy/pb  unexpectedly 
.cs  me  to  me  ::-«**  asked  o'^ach  of  hers  welfare.  be<f 
jjnoanlog  eor;  jdolcluil  Condirjon,  gnilrhe  change 
that  Bad  come  vpoiruss  We  bad  Husbands  and 


$ atficr,and  Children,  and  Sifter?,  and  Friends,  and 
Relations,  and  Houfc,  aod  Homc,«aod  many  Cora- 
forts  of  this  Life :  but  now  we  may  fay,  as  Job, 
tfakfdcfiMe  J  QMiofmj  Mothers  Wombt  an^na^- 
td  frail  1  return :  Tbt  Lord  g*t>e,  and  t/bt  Lord 
b*th  lakftt aveayt  Bleffedbe  the  N*nt oj  the  Lvrd.  I 
asked  him  whicber  he  would  read ;.  he  Cold  me,  he 
carncftlyd*  fued  if,  J  g*vc  him  my  Bible,  and 
he  lighted  upon  that  comfortable  Scripture,  Pfalm 
j'8.  >?,  18.  /  jkall  not  dj  but  lire,  and  declart  tbt 
Kork*  of  the  Lord:  the  Lord  bath  chaflcned  mtforf9 
)et  bt  bath  notgnjttt  vne  aitt  to  death.  Lock  bere, 
Mother  (fay«hr/  did  you  read  this?  And  here 
Irnay  take  cccafion  to  mention  one  principal! 
ground  of  my  fc cting  forth  thcfe  Linei :  <vtn  as 
tnc  Pfalrmft  fayes,  'I'o  Man ibe  Workt  rf  ikg 
Lor<r,  and  his  w^ndcrfull  Power  in  car  tying  us 
a!oogt  prr lervirig  us  in  the  Witetemefi ,  while 
under  i^eEnrmies  b'and}andretuinin'^or  usinfafe- 
ty  again.  »And  His  goodnefs  in 'bringing  to  my 
tana  forttaoy  comfortable  and  fulrable  Saiptures 
inmydtflrers.  But  to  Return,  We  travelled  oo 
tillnigbt;  andinthemorniog,  we  muft  go  over 
ihe  River  to  Pkfy\Citw.  When  I  was  in  che 
Cannoo,  1  could  not  but  be  amazed  at  the  nttroc. 
rooscrewof  Pagans  that  we/eon-che  Bank  on  the 
other  fide.  When  J  carne  aftorr,  they  gajhcred 
aWafcommp,  1  fitting  alone  in  the  midft:  lobfer- 
v«U6eya«kedone  ^pother  qopftrons,  and  laiigh- 
<d»  aftdfe/oyccd  over  their  Gtins  and  Vidwics, 

Then 


Then  my  hea«  beg?n  to,  fail:  an<$  i  fell  a  weeping 
which  was  the  fiift  time  tamy  remembrance,  thai 
J'wept  before  them.  Although]  bad.mci 

with  fo  much  Affliflioo,  and  my  heart  was 
many  times  ready  to  break,  yetfould  J  not'fbecj 
cfje  tear  in  their  fight :  but  rarhe/r  had  been  all  ihw 
while  jo  a,ma?:c,  and  like  one  afton<med :  but  now 
J  may  fay  as,  Pfal  137.1.  Byr>*^^(yjo/Baby 
JOB,  there  reefaje  down  :  y«tf,  w«  tt^pc  tc??«8  »c  >e 
"wewtfrtd  Zm.  There  one  of  them  a^kedmc,wh« 
J  wept,  J  conki  hardly  tell  what  to  fay :  yet  J  &% 
fwerecl,  they  would  kill  roe :  No,  faid  he,  none  will 
huit  you. Then  came  one  of  themaod  g^ve  me  t  w<) 
lpooR-fa'l*otMca!  to  comfort  me,  and  anothei 
gavcmc  Jbalf  a  pinl  of  Peafc ;  which  was  more 
worththau  many  Boilicls  at  another  time.  Then  J 
went  to  fee  King  Philip,  he  bade  me  come  in  and 
tit  down,  apAakked  m«  whether  J  woold  f  moke  it 
(a  u(iual:CoaipIctncnt  now .adayesamongft  Saints 
and  Siuijeirs^  but  this  no  way  feed  me.  For  though 
Iliad  fojjneilp  tjfed  Tobacco,  yet  I  had  left  it  ever 
fince  Iwas  firft  taken.  Ir  feemt  to  be  a  Baitt  tbc 
Dt&il  La? ft  to  make  men  loojt  their  preciwts  time\ 
J  remember  with  fliame,  how  form?r /y,  when  J 
bad  taken  two  ortfuee  pipes,  J  was  prefently  rea 
dy  for  another,  fueh  a  bewitching  thing  it  is:  6ui 
,J  thank  God,  he  has  now  given  me  power  over  ir< 
leitty  there  are  many  wha.may  be  better  imploy- 
td  than  to  (y Tucking  a  ftinkmg  Tobacco-pipe. 
Now  the  Infant  gather  ineii  Forces  to  go  a- 

gainli, 


Mght  one  went  about 
welling  and  hooting  to  give  codec  of  the  dcfign. 
Whereupon  they  fclltoboyiingof  Ground-nut*, 
aod  patching  of  Com  Cat  many  as  had  iU  for  thcit 
Frovifion:  and  in  the  morning  away  they  went,: 
Dunng  my  abode  in  tlait  place,  Philip  fpafy  to  auto 
nakeafitrtfarbii  boy,  which  I  did  t  fof  vbicb  be 
lavt  me  a  fuM*g  i  I  tffcrtd  the  many  to  vtj.  og/J/fcr, 
few  he  b-tde  me  kpfit  i  and  wiib  if  J  bought  apiect 
of  fJorftfejk.  Afterwards  he  asked  me  co  make  a 
Cap  for  bis  boy,  for  wbich  he  invited  me  to  Din 
ner.  J  went,  and  lie  gave  me  a  Pancake,  about  as 
%  ai  two  fingers ;  it  wat  made  of  parched  wheat, 
beaten,  and  (ryed  in  Bears  greafe,  bat  I  thought  I 
never  tafted  pfeafanter  meat  in  my  life.  There 
was  a  Sqeaw  who  (pake  to  me  to  make  a  foirt  foe 
herSflHM «p,for  vrbich  £he  gave  me  a  piece  of  Bear. 
Another  asked  me  to  knit  a  pair  of  Stockins,  for 
wbich  (he  gave  me  a  quart  of  Peafe :  J  boyledmy 
Peafe  and  Bear  together,  and  invited  my  nwfter  and 
mifirift  to  dinner,  but  the  proud  Goffip,  beoaufe  J 
ferved  them  bdth.in  one  Difii^  would  eat  ncthfog, 
except  on  bit  that  he  gave  her  upon  the  poiol  of  his 
knife.  Hearing  (hat  my  (on  wai  comejto  this  place, 
J  went  to  fee  turn,  and  found  him  lying  flat  upon 
the  gtbuod:  1  asked  himhowhecouldfleepfoa 
h«anfwcted  me,  Tb*t  be  va/  nii  *fefy  k**aP 
fttf/er;  an4  Uy  fo.  that  they  might  not  obfetve 
uihat  he  was  doing.  J  pray  God  Ire  may  remem* 
bei  ihde  Chings  now  he  is  returned  in  lately.  At 

this 


C  »  3 

tbli  Place  (the  Sun  now  getting  higher)  what  witf 
the  beams  and  heat  of  the  San,  and  Che  fmoak  of 
Ibe  Wifwimtr,  J  thought  I  (hould  ba  vc  been  blind, 
1  could  fcafttdifccro  one  tygtpjm  from  another, 
,Therc  was  here  one  Mary  Tburtton  of  Mtdftl^ 
who  Teeing  how  it  was  witb  me,  lentmeaHjt  to 
wrar  :  bat  as  foon  as  I  was  gone,  the  Sq  taw  who 
owned  that  Ma  tj  TbttrftonJ  came  running  a  ftei 
me,  aod  got  it  away  again*  Her  t  watt  be  Squaw 
tbatgave  meontfyoonfyHcf  Meal.  I  piuit  in  my 
Pocket  to  keep  it  fife:  yet  no:withftand  ngfomi 
body  ftolc  it,but  pat  five  Indian  Corps  in  the  room 
olit:  which  Corns  were  I  be  greatcft  Brovifion?  ] 
had  in  my  travel  for  one  day. 

The  \ndiwt  retarningfrom  NotfaHimptoin, 
brought  with  them  fome  Horfe^aod  Sbeep,tnd  o- 
cher  things  which  they  had  taken  :  J  defircd  them, 
ill  it  tb  ry  would  cafry  me  to  t^lbany,  upon  one  of 
tbofic  Horfes,  4nd  fell  me  foe  Pow  Jer  :  for  fo  they 
bad  Sometimes  difeoorfed.  J  wai  oitei  ly  hoplefs 
of  getting  home  on  foot,  the  way  iha  1  1  came.  1 
could  hardly  bear  to  think  of  the  maoj  weary  (kps 
J  had  (  akcoj  to  come  to  this  place 


. 

Bat  in  Head  of  going  either  to  ^itawyer,  bomt- 
Ward,  we  muft  go  five  miles  up  the  Ri?cr,  aud  thcs 
go  over  it.  Here  we  abode  a  while.  Here  lived  t 
lorry  twtia»,  who  fpoke  to  me  to  majcthioyA  Iburi 
when  i  had  don  c  it,  he  would  pay  we  no  thing,  BGI 


r 

fc  living  by  the  River  fide,  where  Itiffenwntfo 
fetch  water,  I  woutd  oftco  be  putting  of  him  in 
mind,  and  calling  for  my  pay  :  at  laft  h*  (old  mt  if 
I  would  make  another  (birr*  for  a  Papoos  no*  yet 
born,  he  Would  give  me  a  koife,which  be  did  when, 
I  had  done  if.  i  carried  the  knife  in,  sod  my  ma- 
ftcr  aiked  me  to  give  it  him,  and  I  was  not  sfctfe. 
glad  that  I  bad  any  thing  that  they  would  accept 
of,  and  be  pteafed  with.    When  we  were  at  this 
place,  my  Matters  maid  came  home,  file  had  been 
gone  tbrge  wek*  into  the  Narrbaganfet  Country, 
to  fctchCorn,wberc  they  had  ftorcd  op  fame  in  the 
ground  :  (be  brought  home  abpat  a  peck  and  half 
of  Corn,  This  was  about  the  time  that  cbeir  great 
Captain,  Naavanie,  was  killed  in  the  Narrb 


from  to€,  1  atkfJ  liberty  to  go  andfct  him,  thty  bads 
mi  £09  and  away  I  went  :  fat  quicki?  left  my  fcifs 
traveling  ovtr  Hills  dndthorou£b  5  »*mp/,  and 
sonU  »ot  find  the  #ay  to  bim.  And  i  cannot  bat  ad 
mire  at  the  wooderfall  power  and  goodnefi  oi 
God  to  roc,  inthaVhoogh  1  was  gone  from  bom?, 
aad  met  with  all  forts  of  Indian^  andthofe  I  had 

00  knowledge  of,  and  there  being  no  Chriftian  fout 
bear  me  ;  y  el  cot  one  of  them  offered  the  leaft  Ima- 
^nabk  mifcarriage  to  me.    I  turned  homewaida^ 
gain,  and  met  with  my  matter,  he  (he  wed  me  tb« 
wiytomySon:  Wben  I  came  to  him  I  found  Kim 

001  wefli  and  withall  he  bad  a  faoyl  on  his  fide 
*hrcb  jiJDch  troubled  him  :  \ir«  berooansd  one  aoo 

^ 


[28] 

there  a^Me,as  ine  Lord  helped  ui,  and  then !  re- 
famed  agaro.     W  ben  I  wai  returned,  Hound  my 
letf  as  oafatisficd  as  I  was  before.     J  went  up  and 
down  tbourning  and  lamenting :  and  my  fpirii  was 
H^ady  10  fiok,  with  the  thoughts  of  nay  poor  Child- 
ten :  my  Son  was  ill,  and  1  could  not  but  think  ©f 
bis  mournloll  looks,  and  no  Cbriftiao-Frieod  was 
near  him,  to  do  any  office  of  love  for  him,  either 
fof  Soot  or  Body,    And  my  poor  Girl,  I  knew  not 
Where  (he  was,  nor  whither  (he  was  fok,  or  well, 
or  stive,  of  dead.   J  repaired  under  ihele  thoughu 
to  my  Bible  ( my  great  comfort  io  that  time  )  a  nd 
thai  Scripture  came  to  my  hand,  Cafl  thy  burde-n  u- 
pontbe  Lvd, and &c {hall fujlaintkee,  Pfal.5f.22. 
But  I  was  fain  to  go  and  look  af  ler  fomtthiog  to 
fatisfic  my  hanger,and  going  amoog  thcI'K^w^m?, 
J  weat  into  one,  and  there  found  a  Squaw  who 
fhewedhcr  felf  very  kind  to  me,  and  gave  mi  $ 
£iecc  of  Bear.    J  put  ic  into  mjr  pocket,  and  came 
home,  but  could  not  findanoppottunicy  ip  broil 
jt,  for  fear  they  would  gtt  ii  fromme^/md  there  u 
Jay  »H  that  day  and  night  ia  iny  ftmkmg  pocket. 
}o  the  morning  j  wrnr  tothc  famcJtyufltr,  who 
bad  a  Keitle  o»  Ground  nuts  boylujg ;  J  aiked  hrr 
to  let  me  boylc  my  pitccor  Bear  in  hcf  Kettlf 
which  £he  did,  aadgavcnxfomc  Ground-nuisJo 
<ac  with  it:  and  J  cannot  but  think  how  $--lcafahl 
kwastomc.    J  have  fometimc  feen  Bear  bat 
verv  handfomly  among  the  £wgl//fo,aod  fome  iif;  «J 
ai,  6ut  ih«  thoughts  ihatit  was  Bear, 


I  29  J 

tremble :  •  feat  now  that  was  favour?  to-mc  thai  one 
would  thinfc  was  enough  to  turn  the  ftoflaacu  or  a 
brnit  Creature. 

One  bftier  cold  day,  j  could  find  no  room  to  fti 
down  befort  tb,  f/e :  I  went  o«f,  and  could  not  tell 
pbat  to  dot  but  i  went  in  to  another  Wigwam,*/^  9 
tbty  Wit  atfo  fttutg  round  the  five,  but,  the  Stjuaw 
latXa*kinform*>Mdbidmeftdown)  andg  -vt  mt 
[cmt  G  >  Quid-nuts,  and  bade  me  come  aiaitt:  "--* 

ibeft  werej}rav£en  to  me  that  I  ntver\<w  bi 


The  tcitb 

That  day  afaallpavtofih'  Company  removed 
abwt  three  quarter  i  of  a  iwle\  Intending  further  the 
ntxt  day  Wheo  they,  came  to  tbe  place  where 
they  intended  to  lodge,  *nd  bad  pitched  their  wi&- 
ttaMsi  being  hungry  J  Went  ag*in  backrotnc 
place  we  were  before  at,  to  get  fomcthirgtocat  : 
being  encouraged  by  the  Sq*a\\s  kindoefs,  wbo 
bade  me  come  agam;  when  J  wa^  ifieie,  there 
came  an  Indian  to  look  af  ccc  me,  who  when  he  had 
found  me,  kickt  me  all  along  :  ]  went  home  and 
found  Venifon  roafting  that  night,  but  they  would 
not  give  rue  one  bit  of  it.  Sometimes  ]  met  with 
favour,  andfomctimcs  with  nothing  but  frowns* 


The  elevtntb  '] 
"the  ntsei  daj  in  the  morning  ibcy  tco&heir  Tr&* 

ttoRw'fr  i  *oofl 
C   2  my 


I  s*J 

»;  lead  at  my  back,  and  quickly  we  tame  to  itadt  Q. 
vir  tbt  River:  And  pafleJovfttirefomeandntarf 
fome  bill)  .  One  hill  was  to  fteep  tbac  J  was  fain  to 
creep  ap  upon  my  koccs,  and  to  hold  by  the  twiggs 
and  bufbes  to  keep  my  felf  from  falling  backward. 
My  head  a'fo  was  fo  light,  that  J  ofaiUy  reeled  as 
Jwenrj  bat  f  hope  all  tbcfc  wcarifome  ftejft  jhat 
J  have  taken,  are  butaforewarniflg3&me$fthc 
heavenly  reft.  lk»ov>  O  Lord,  tbat*tby  f  ndp* 
tntnts  are  ri&  fee,  and  that  tkoivinfciitbfHkify  tafl  */« 


It  w*t  upon  a  Sftbbath-day-morntug,  that  tbtj 
fd  for  their  Travel.  This  morning  j  asked 
tny  matter  whither  he  would  Cell  me  to  my  Httt 
tand  ;  be  anfwered  me  Nux,  which  did  much  ie- 
joycf  my  fpirit.  My  roiftrifs,  before  we  wcni, 
was  gone  tothe  burial  of  a  Papat^  and  icturmrg, 
flic  found  me  fitting  andreadingitomt  Bible;  (he1 
fo  3t  cted  it  haftily  out  of  my  band,  aod  threw  it  out 
of  door«  ;  1  rao  out  and  catcbt  is  Up,  and  pot  it  inio 
my  pocket,  and  never  let  h<r  Itc  ir  afterward. 
Thfo  they  pack  d  op  their  things  10  be  gone,  and 
gs  ve  roe  my  load  :  1  complained  it  wastoo  heavy 
wbcrcopon  fhe  gave  me  a  flap  in  the  fac^and  bade 
megoj  1  lif  ed  op  my  heart  to  God,  hoping  the 
Redemption  was  not  fat  off:  and  the  rather  became 
their  infokncy  grew  wotfe  and  worfe. 

F#t  the  tbouffbti  of  my  going  kdMiWAxd-  for  fo 
(beartdmy 


Cat] 

bt,  and  dlmoft 

til.     But  (to  my  amazmcnt  and  great  perplexity) 
the  fcalc  was  fodfr&irned :  for  w/ien  we  bad  gone 
a  little  way,  on  afudden  my  miftrifs  gives  our,  fhc 
would  go  no  further,  bat  turn  back  again,  and  (aidt 
I  muft  go  back  again  with  her,  and  file  called  her 
Santruh  and  would  have  had  him  gone- back  a J/b, 
but  he  would  nor,  b^t  fa  id,  He  would  go  on,  and  \ 
come  to  uj  again  in  three  dajet.     My  Spirit  was  u- 
pon  this,  I  confers,  very  impatient,  and  atmoft 
outragtous.     I  [hough t  /could  «  well  have  dyed 
as  went  back:    I  cannot  declare  the  tr  cubic  that 
I  was io about  it;   but  yet  back  again  f  muft  go. 
As  foon  as  I  bad  an  opportunity,  /  tock  myJSiblc 
to  read,  and  lhat  quieting  Ssrijprnrc  came  to  my 
hand,  Pfat.  4.6. 10.  Be  flill,  and  {>;*»  that  I  ant 
God.  Which  ftilled  my  Ipitit  for  the  prefent:  But  a 
fore  time  of  tryal,!  concluded)  J  had  to  go  through. 
My  matter  being  gone,  who  fcemed  to  me  the  beft 
friend  that  I  had  of  an  Jrtrf*<J«,both  in  cold  and  hun 
ger,  and  quickly  fo  it  proved.    Down  I  far,  with 
my  beau  as  full  as  it  could  hold, and  yet  fo  hangry 
that  I  could  not  fit  neither:  but  goiog  out  to  fee 
wbat  I  could  find,  and  walking  among  the  Trees,  I 
found  fix  Acrom,  and  two  C6f/-aiftj,  which  were 
fome  refrcfliment  tome.   Towards  Night  I  gathe 
red  me  fomc  ftick*  for  my  owu  comfort,  tjiail 
might  not  ly  a-cold*  but  when  we  came  to  ly  down 
they  bade  mego  out,  and  ly  fome-whetc-clfc,  for 
jSheyhadconopiny  (ihcyfaid)  come  in  more  than 

C  ^  their 


•heir  own :  I  told  them,  I  could  'not  tell  whcirc  f« 
go,  Jbty^a-dc  me  go  jaofe ;  itoldtbtm,  if  I  went 
to  another  wig*amtbty  would  be>  angry,  and  fend 
'in*horc)3  again.  Then  ont  of  the  Company  drew 
hrc Two  d,  and  told  me  he  would  run  me  thorough 
if  Jdirlnotgoprcfcntly.  Thcu  Wai  Haiti  to  (loop 
to  tbis  tude  fellow,  and  to  go  out  in  the  mgh>,  J 
knew  no-  whither,  dftne  eyes  baveftt*  tbatfelto* 
walking  up  and  down  Bofton,  unatrtbt 
of  a  Friend- Indian,  eindftveralloibtrj  of 
~<T«;.  I  went  to  oae  Wtgvam,  aod.  they 
hey  had  no  room.  Then  1  went  to  ano 
ther,  and  thsy  (aid  the  fame ;  at  laflt  an  old  Indian 
Btdemccometohim,  and  his  Squaw  g  ve  me 
iome  Ground'fluti  ;(he  gave  me  alfo  forhething  to 
hy  uader  my  head,  and  a  good  fire  we  had :  a  nd 
through  the  good  providence  of  God,  I  had  a  com. 
fb'ttablc  lodging  that  nighi.  In  the  morning,  ano 
ther Indian  bade  me  come  at  night,  and  he  would 
gi\remefixGronnd  nuts,  which  I  did.  We  were 
at  this  place  and  tirfoe  about  two  miles  from  CoH\ 
Mtfticit'  River.  We  went  in  the  morning  to  gatheR 
Groemd  nuts,  to  the  River,  and  went  back  again 
ttiat  mght.  1  went  with  a  good  load  at  my  haclc 
f  for  they  when  they  went,  though  but-.a  little  way, 
wouldcarryall  their  trumpery  with  tnem  J  I  ioldj 
them  the  skin  was  off  my  back,  but  J  had'no  ottcl 
comforting aofwcr  fram  them  than  ibw-^ Tb*t  tt 
b*  no  Matter  if  ^head  #m  off  ho. 

rl 


x  91  > 

ft  Retnove, 

ing  toward  tbt  Bay,  which  w<tt 
I  mffftfo  witbtbtmfvt  or  fix  miles  down 
the  River  into  a  mi&btyTkickft  of&x#lh :  where  vsg, 
abode  a/moft  a  fortnight.    Here  one  asked  me  to 
make  a  ftkrt  for  tier  Papoos,  for  which  file  gave  me 
amefsof  Broth,  which  was  thickened  wifftmcaJ 
.made  of  the^Bark  of  a  Tree,  and  to  make  it  the  bet 
ter,  ihc  hid  put  intoltabotitahandfuUofPeafc, 
and  a  few  roafted  Ground- nuts,  J  had  not  fcen  my 
fon  a  priny  while,and  here  was  an  Indian  of  whom 
J  made  inqairy  after  him,  and  asked  him  whence 
fa  whim:  heanlwcredme,  that  fuch  a  time  bis  ma- 
fier  roafted  him,  and  that  himfclf  did  cat  a  piece  of 
him,  3$  big  as  hi$  two  fingers ,  aod.that  he  wai  very 
good  meat :  But  the  Lord  ttfotld  mj  Sptfttfuncter 
tibis<ti{eoHragimenti  and  i  confidtred  their  horrible 
additftdntfs  to  lyinfadnd  tb#t  there  is  not  ens  of  them 
t bat  m&k<*  the  ItaflcmfcMce  of  flaking  of  truth. 
In  this  place,  on  a  cold  nighr,  as  I  lay  by  the  fire,  J 
Tcmo.vcd  a  ftidc  that  kept  the  heat  from  me,  a 
Squaw  moved  it  down  again,  at  which  I  loolct  op, 
add  (he  threw  a  handfull  of  aflics  in  miae  eyes  5   J 
thought  Jfhould  have  been  quite  blinded,  and 
htvc  acver  fecnmore:  bat  lying  down,  the  water 
run  oat  of  my  eyes,  and  carried  the.  dirt  Wrtfcir, 
th^t:  by  the  morning^  I  recovered  my  fight  again. 
-Xttttpo^nthK,  and  th:c  like  occafioos,  I  hope  it  is 
«<Wtoo  much  to  fay  with  Jo&,  &wt  pittj  upon  mc9 
0  itmyFritndtifortbcHand 

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C34J 

of  tie  totd  \)M  i&uehid  me.  And  here  I  cannot  but 
remember  how  many  times  fitting  uuheir  fp£- 
v>a ms,  and  mafin^on  things  paft,  I  fiiould  fudden-* 
I  y  leap  up  and  run  our,  as  if  J  bid  Been  at  home, 
forgetting  where  I  was,  and  what  my  condition 
was:  But  when  I  was  without,  and  Taw  nothing 
but  Wildtrnefi,  and  Woods,  and  a  company  of  bar 
barous  heathens:  my  mind  quickly  returned  to  me, 
which  made  me  think  of  that,  fpoken  concerning 
$  ampfi»,  who  faid,  I  *\l\go  out  and  fhak*  ^yff^fax 
&  otbertwtt,  but  ht  &i(l  not  that  the  Lord  was  de- 
ptrttdfrom  him.  About  this  time  1  began  to  think 
that  all  my  hopes  of  Reftoration  would  come  to  no 
thing,    1  thought  of  the  €*}  Ufh  Army,  and  hoped 
for  their  coming,  and  being  taken  by  them,  but 
that  failed,    I  b  oped  to  be  carried  to  v4lbanyt  as 
the  Itdtattt  had  diicowrfcd  before,   but  that  failed 
alfo.     1  thought  of  being  fold  to  my  Husband,  as 
my  maftcjr  fpakc,  but  in  ftcod  of  that,  my  mafter 
himfclf  w^s  gonf,  and ;  left  behind,  fo  that  my  Spi- 
ric  was  now  quite  ready  to  fink,      J  asked  them  to 
Jet  me  go  oat  and  pick  up  fomc  flicks,  thai  j  might 
gcr  alone,  dnd  poure  out  my  bean  n»to  ihe  Lord. 
Then  alfo  j  took  my  Bible  to  read,  but  j  found  oo 
corofortherc  neither:  which  many  times  j  waf 
went  to  find:  So  eeifie  a  thing  n'^-ouMi  Godt*dry 
tip  tfa  'StreAWes  of  SfV/pt  ure- comfort  fri mw.     Yc t 
j  ran  fay,that  in  all  my  forrtfws 
drd  not  Iddve  me  to  have  my  lnapatieT-.ee 
.wjrdi  hirafclf,  as  i/  hiswaycs were  ifnri 


k*<»  tbti  be  lad  upwwK  ttfs  tfan  j  dtftnt* 
ward,  before  this  dofeiuH  time  ended  with 
me,  1  was  turning  the  leave*  of  my  Bible,  and  the 
lord  brought  to  me  fomc  Scriptures,  which  did  a 
little  revive  roe,  as  that  Jfai.y c.8  For  My  thoughts 
tat  not  your  tloottgt^  »ti*ber  are  you*  wayei  my  vay$ 
fditJb  the  Lord.    Andalfo  that,  Pftl.37-f. Commit 
tkj  »*y  «0to  tbt  Lord,  truft  alfo  tn  bi*>,  and  hcfta! 
\)iwi  it  to  pafs.          About  this  time  they  came 
yelping  from  Hadlj9  where  they  had  kitted  three 
£H£fo/fc  wtw,  and  brought  one  Captive  with  them, 
«!*&.  JbomatRead.  They  all  gathered  about  the 
poor  Man,  aiking  him  many  QueSionf.    1  dcfir* 
ed-aifo  to  go  and  fee  him ;  and  when  I  came,  he 
was  crying  bitterly ;  fuppofing  they  would  quickly 
kill  him.    Whereupon  j  asked  one  of  them,  woe- 
the  M  bey  intended  to  kill  him;  he  aofwtred  m^ 
they  woald not:  He  bling  a  little cheflfed with 
that,  [  aikcd  him  about  the  wel-farcof  my  Huf- 
thaod,he  cold  me  he  faw  him  (uch  a  time  in  tbeltey, 
and  he  wat  well,  but  very  nicfancicUy.  By  which 
I  certainly  under  flood  (tbtttgb  ifrfpeciedjt  btfort  ] 
that  whatfoe vet  the /»c/{««;?olJ  me  refpe&iog  him 
was  vanity  a ud  lies.     Some  of  them  told  me,  be 
was  dejd ,  and  they  had  killed  him :  fome  fard  he 
was  Married  again,  and  that  fhcGoyernoUr  with 
cd  him  to  Marry ;  and  told  him  he  ftnuld  have 
,  and  that  all  pcrf  wndcd  I  Was  dead      So 
barbarous  creatures  to  htm  who 
om  the  beginning; 


As  I  was  fitting  once  ia  the  wipem  here,  Ptillp 
Maid  came  ia  with  the  Child  ia  her  £rms,snd  zsk. 
ed  me  to  give  hct  a  piece  of  my  Apron,  to  make  i 
flip  for  it,  I  told  her  I  would  not:  then  myMift; 
rifi  bad  me  give  it,  bat  ftiil  I  fald  no:  the  maid  told 
jnc  if  I  would  not  give  her  a  piece,  (he  would  tear 
a  piece  off  it :  f  told  her  I  would  tear  her  Coat  then 
with  that  my  Miftt i  fs  rifes  up,  and  takes  up  a  ftick 
bigenooghto  have  killed  me,  and  ftruckat  me 
with  it,  but  J  ftcpt  out,  and  (he  (buck  the  ftick  into 
thcMatoftbc  Wigwam*  But  while  fhe  was  pull, 
jog  of  it  oar,  j  ran  to  the  Maid  ard  give  her  all  my 
:£prorj,andfo  that  ftorm  went  over. 

Hearing  that  ray  SOD  was  come  co  this  place,  I 
went  to  fee  him,  and  told  him  bis  Father  was  well, 
but  very  rnelancholly  :  ta  fold  rae  he  was  as  much 
grieved  for  his  Father  as  for  himfclf ;  I  woadred  at 
hit  fpecch,  for  1  thought-  I  had  enough  upon  nay 
fpiritin  reference  to  my  (elf,  to  make  mr  rnindlcfs 
of  my  Husbaa3  and  every  one  dfc :  they  being  faft 
among  tbcir  Friends.  He  told  roe  atfo.  that  a  whilt 
before,  his  Matter  (together  with  oihcr  mdian\ 
where  gouig  to  the  French  foe  Powder ;  but  by  thf 

Way  the  MohtvkjiM* wic^  tncm> aod  kil'cd  ^OU! 
of  thc(r  Company  which  made  the  reft  turn  back 

again,  for  which  Idt  fire  that  my  jelf  and  he  may 
blefs  the  Lord  ;  for  it  might  bave  been  woffc   with 
him,  had  hcbcea  fold.ib  the  Fr«wc6,;than  it  pro* 
vcd  to  be  in  his  remaining  with  the  lndiant 
I  wsntto  fee  *n  Evt$jh  Youth  in  thii  place,  one 


1 37 1 

Gilbert tf  Sprftffj&c/d  J  found  him 
without  dorcs,upon  co  g'OuacU  j  isked  him  how 
he  did  ?  he  told  me  be  was  very  Tick  of  a  fluX,with 
eating  fo  much  blood:  They  had  tamed  him  out 
of  ihc  Wigwam,  and  with  him  an  Indian  Papoo/v 
almoft  dead,  ( whole  Parents  had  been  killed)  ia  a 
biit<r  cold  day,  without  fire  or  clothes :  the  young 
manbimfelfhadnotbingoD,  but  his  fhirt  &  waft- 
coat.  Trwfigit  was  enougb  tomeU  a  heart  of 
fliot.  There  thcyhyqaivcring  in  the  Gold,  the 
youth  round  like  a  dog;  the  Papoos  rtrcrcht  our, 
with  his  eyej  and  nofe  and  mouth  full  of  dirt,  and 
yet  alive,  and  groaning,  j  advifed  John  to  go  an  d 
get  to  fomc  fire :  he  told  me  he  cou'd  not  Itand  t 
but  f  perfwaded  him  ftill,  left  he  ChouM  ly  there 
and  die :  and  -vith  much  adoe )  got  fcim  to  a  fire , 
and  wenc  my  fdf  home.  Asfoanas  j  was  got 
home,  his  Maflcrs  Daughrer  came  after  me,  to 
know  what  j  had  done  wnh  the  EngklbmaH,)  told 
her  j  hid  goc  him  to  a  fire  in  fach  a  place,  Now 
had  j  need  co  pray  Pauu  Prayer,  2  The Jf,$.i .That 
We  w^y  be  delivered  from  unreasonable  and  wicked 
wen.  For  her  facisf  jdlion  j  went  along  with  her, 
and  brought  her  to  him  ;  'bat  be  fore  j  got  home 
agairi,it  wa.s  coifed  about;thatj  \vas  running  away 
and  getting  the  £^^l//feyou(h:  along  wuh  me  • 
that  as  foonat  I  came  in,  rhcy  beginrtorant  and 
^mincer:  asking  me  Wiercj  had  been,  andwhaE 
i had b^e^ doing?  and  faying  they-w;>uld  knock 
him  on  the  hcud  :  I  told  Khem3  j  hid  been  (eeiog 

the 


tfec  BfgK/ft  y<wt&,  and  that  I  would  act  roo  sway, 
they  told  Oft  I  tyed,  and  taking  up  a  Hatchet,  they 
came  Tome,  and  faid  they  would  knock  tne  dowu 
if  I  flirted  cut  agate;  and  fo  confined  me  to  the 
Wigwam*  Now  may  ]  fay  with  David,2$4m.  24. 
14.  I  ant  in  a  g  rtatflrait.   If  1  keep  in,  1  maft  dy 
ttitli  hunger,  and  if  I  go  our,  /  muft  be  kaockc  in 
head*  This  diftrefled  condition  held  that  day,  and 
half  the  next  5  And  tbtn  the  Lord  nmtmbnd  mtt 
whole  mtrcycs  are  Mat*    Then  came  an  Indian  to 
tne  with  a  pair  o? (lockings  that  were  too  big  for 
tfim,  and  he  would  have  me  ravel  them  om,  and 
knit  them  fit  for  him.    I  flicwcd  my  fclf  willing, 
arid  bid  him  ask  my  mtflrifs  if  Jmigbr  go  along 
With  him  a  little  way ;  (he  fa  id  yes,  J  might,  but  j 
was  not  a  liiilc  tefrcfht  with  thai  news,  that  J  bad 
my  liberty  again.    Then  J  went  along  with  him, 
and  he  gave  me  fome  roaftcd  Grcund-nuts,  which 
did  again  revive  mf  feeble  ftomacb. 

Bcioggotoutof  herfightt  J  had  rime  and  liber 
ty  again  to  look  into  roy  Bible :  Which  »as  t»y 
Gittdbyday9  and  my fill-why  night.  Now  that 
comfortabltScriptuie  prefixed  it  fclf  tome, ^.5:4 
7.  far tt final  mment  b&ve  tfo-faite»  thttibutwtb 
great  mtrcttt  vdl  Igatbtr  Vblt*  Th  u  j  the  Lord  car- 
lied  me  along  from  one  time  toanoihe?,  and4B4de 
good  10  me  this  precious  pt omiCr,  and  mJcw  o- 
Khm...  Then  ?»J  SoYiciwnu>{ft>*e\  andj^sked 

wicb  me^  that  J 


C  i*  T 

might  comb  hit  head,  and  took  over  him,  for  be 
was  almoft  over  come  with  lice.  He  (old  me, 
When  I  had  done,  that  he  was  very  hangry,butt 
had  nothing  to  relieve  him;  but  bid  him  go  into 
lh&  Wig  warns  as  he  went  along,  and  fee  ifne  could 
get  any  tbiug  among  them*  Which  he  did,  and  i  c 
fecmes  tarqcd  a  little  too  long  j  for  his  Matter  was 
angry  with  him,  and  brat  him,  and  then  fold  him. 
Then  he  came  running  to  tell  me  be  had  a  ne  wMaf- 
ter.  and  that  he  bad  givcobimfome  Groundnuts 
already.  Then  I  went  along  with  him  to  his  new 
Matter  who  told  me  he  loved  him :  and  be  fhoold 
cot  wane.  So  his  Mafter  carried  him  away,  &  j 
never  faw  bim  afterward ,  till  j  taw  him  at  *Paf 
C4taqu4\n  Portsmouth. 

Tbst  night  they  bade  rr*  go  oat  of  the  Wi£bA*n 
agiin:  my  MiftriiT«  Pa  poos  was  ficktand  it  died, 
that  oigbr,  and  there  was  one  benefit  in  ir,tbat  there 
was  more  room.  J  went  to  a  vyi£wa»9  and  (bey 
bade  me  come  in,  and  gave  me  a  skin  to  ty  apoaf 
and  a  mefs  of  Venfon  andG? oood-nuts,  wficb  wae 
ft  choice  Diih  among  them.  On  the  morrow  ibey 
iburried  the  Ytf^w,  and  after  ward,  both  morning 
'aod evening,  there  came  a  company  to  mourn 
and  howlc  with  her:  thoiighjcojtfefs,  j  cojjtdjwt 
much  conoole  with  shem^  iMsjcry  fonowfuU 
day  es  j  bad  in  this  piaoe :  o f teff  ^ftthng  .aloce ; 
l*t*Crane,  oraSwtlltw  fo Md t cbatttr :  ^M 
nowm  as  aDove>w>nt  tjttfytl  with  looking  vpvftrdi 
Oi;  Lwd  \  am  offrtJIed^eltrta^fQr  W^I/a^S  14 


I  could  tell  thf  iwd  **  He&ctyakt  ver.3'.. 
far  no*  O  LorJ9lfa[tccl)ttoef)t;ovp  I  have  walked 
before  tbtt w fr*^.  Now  bad  I  time  to  examine  al 
my  wayes :  my  Ccnfeicncc  did  not  accufe  me  of 
un-rightci.  ufnc  f  s  toward  one  or  othci :  yet  J  Taw 
how  intn  y  walkwitbGod,  Ihadbefnaca.elcfs 
creature.  As  David  faid,  <djai*/l  tkct,  tbec  only 
bait  1  fnntd :  &  !  might  fay  with  the  poor  PubJi- 
cavy'Corf  ^e  mtrctful  unto  me  a  (inner.  On  the  Sab- 
bath-  dayeijt  could  look  t-pon  the  Sun   and  think 
bow  People  were  going  to  the  houfc  of  God,  10 
have  tbeir  Souls  refreftit  \  &  tbcn  home,  and  their 
bodies  alfo:  but  I  was  d<ftituic  of  both;  &  mtght 
fay  as  the  poor  Prodigal,  be  wwld  Ja.m  bait  filed 
hs  t«l/y  with  tbt  butfy  rM  Ae  Svtine  &\d  ea^  and  no 
•man£4vt*Ht4)l!i»9Lu\tG  15.16     For  /muftfay 
with  him,  Father  i  huve  {inntd  again  ft  Hcavtn^ 
avdin  thy  /igjbf,  vcr  21.  /  remc rnbced  h«w  on  the 
QTgtitbefort&  aUcr  tbc  Sabb«itn,  when  my  Fami 
ly  was  alxxut  me ,  and  Relationi  nnd  Neigh  hours 
with  us,'we.  could  pray  and  (ing,  and  then  refrefh 
our  bodies  witb  the  good  cteaturcsof  G»d  ;  and 
then  have  a.co.mfcr table  B<d  to  ly  down  ou :  but 
infteadof  ait  this,  i  had  only  a  little  Swill  for  the 
body,^nd:tbertUke  a  Sw-ne,  muft  ly  down  oo  the 
groudd.     I  cannot  r xprcftto  roan  the  fonow  that 
by  upon  my  Spnic,  'tbcLofdifnowsJit.    Yctlfcat 
comfortable  Scriptote  would  often  come  to  my 
Blind,  for  */wJ/  womcnt  b*vt  Ifafakfn  \kti>  but 
MtWti  Vftt  l&ttitt.  ifa* 

Tit 


C   4*1 

The  fourteenth  Remove. 

Now  rand  we  pa(k  up  and  be  gone  ftoro  this 
Thicket , bending  our  courfc  toward  the  Bay-to  w«s 
i  havciog  nothing  to  cat  by  the  way  this  day,  buf  a 
few  crumbs  of  Cake,  that  an  rndian  gave  my  gid» 
the  fame  day  we  were  taken.  She  gave  it  me, 
and  I  put  ic  in  my  pocket :  thetf  it  lay,  til/  it  was 
fo  mouldy  (  for  want  of  good  baking  j  tbaC  one 
tould  not  tell  what  it  was  made  of;  it  fell  all  to 
crumbs,  &  grew  fo  dry  and  hard,  that  it  was  like 
tittle  flints;  &  this  remedied  me  many  times, 
when  I  was  ready  to/aint.  lowas  in  my  thoughts 
when  I  pat  it  into  my  month  i  that  if  ever  I  return 
ed,!  would  tell  the  World  what  a  blefling  the  Lord 
gave  to  fuch  mean  food.  As  we  went  along,  they 
killed  a  Deer,  wftb  a  youog  one  in  her .  they  gave 
me  a  piece  of  the  Fa  MM,  and  it  was  fo  yoangand 
under,  that  one  might  cat  the  bones  a»  well  as  the 
Utte,  and  yet  \  thcf  ughtit  very  good.  W  hen  night 
came  on  we  fite  down-,  it  rained, but  they  quickjy 
got  up  a  Bark  Wigwam,  where  Hay  dry  that 
night.  1  looked  our  in  the  morning,  and  many  of 
them  had  line  in  the  rain  all  night,  i  few  by  their 
ReaKing.  Thus  the  Lord  dealt  tnercifuHy  with 
murrany  tunes,  and  I  fared  better  than  many  of 
them.  ,ln  the  morning  they  took  the  blood  of  the 
Veer,  and  pot  it  into  the  Paunch,  and  fo  boyle^ 
it  ;Icould  eat  nothing  of  that ,  thought  they  aic  ic 
sweetly,  And  yertbey  were  fo  oice  in  othe*  tbiogf , 


*tfi  at  wncn  1  bad  f ctcht  watc r,  and  had  put  the  Difh 
!  dipt  the  water  with,  into  the  Kettle  of  water 
which  1  brought,  they  would  fa|,tbty  wcwld 
knock  mt  down  5  for  they  faid,itwas  *  flatuft 

tffcfc 

fkt  fiftetntb  fa&Fve. 

We  went  on  oar  Travel.  I  having  go  toot 
IiandfSll  of  G round- nuts/or  my  rpppor c  that  d ay 
they  gave  me  my  load,  and  j  wen.  oncbeer/ully 
I  with  the  thoughts  of  going  homewardj  haveiog 
my  burden  more  on  my  back  than  coy  fpuit :  we 
Came  to  Baquang  Rlvtr  again  tbat  day,  near  which 
weabodeafcwdaycs  Sometime*  one  ofchcm 
wouldgiverncaPipc?  another  a  little  Tobacco, 
anoifjci  a  litclc  Salt:  which  1  would  change  for  a 
little  Viftcwls.  I  cannot  but  think  whaf  a 
Wolvifh  appctifc  perfons  have  in  a  ftarving 
coadition :  for  many  times  when  they  &avc  me 
that  which  was  hot,  I  was  fo  greedy,  that  1  (hoird 
burfcmy  mouth,  that  it  would  troobic  rac  hours  af- 
Ccr,  aod  yet  I  rbould  quickly  doth: fame  agaia. 
And  after  I  was  thotougly  hdngry,  1  was  never  a- 
gainfatuied.  For  though  fomctimes  it  fell  our, 
lhat  I  got  enough,  and  did  eat  till  1  could  -  -t  no 
Biosr,  yet  1  was  ai  unfatisficd  as  J  Was  when  1  be 
gan.  And  now  could  J  fee  tbat  Scripture  verifcd 
( there  being  many  Scriptures  which  we  do  not  rake 
notice  of,  or  undetftand  till  we  arc  afflicted )  Mil. 
6*14,  ThMfbatofatavulHotbt/atttfiej.  No* 
might  1  fee  more  {{urn  t vet  betoic,iDe  mifcricl  tha  ( 

fid 


[43] 

fin  hath  brought  upon  us:  Many  times  I  fhoufd  b* 
thdy  to  ran  out  againft  the  H«ath«o,  but  thr  Scri*. 
ptUre  would  quiet  roc  again,  ^wo/,  |  6,  Sbal  there 

fa  tyil  in  (be  City*  dn4  *fa  L°rft  h^  wt  done  &  ? 
the  Lord  help  me  to  make  a  right  improvmcot  of 
fill  Word,  and  that  I  might  learn  thai  great  teflon, 
Aftf.  0.  *>9»  fftfatbj£cwtdtfa(O&  MA*)  what 

if  loot,  abilvt>fat  doth  tktLcrd  nguirt  oftbtt^  but  to 
do  justly,  ana  lovt  merc  ' 

Godl  Htfft  let  ke  rod, 


Tkefixttentb  Remove* 

We  began  tit*  Rttnwt  with  wading  owr  Baquag 
Kivtritht  water  was  up  to  tbe  faces,  andthtftream 
wry  fwtft,  and  fo  cold  tbat  1  thought  it  would  have 
cur  me  in  fonder*  j  was  fq  weak  and  feeble,  that  } 
reeled  as  I  went  along,  ard  thought  there  I  muft 
end  my  da  yes  at  lafttaft«r  my  bearing  and  getting 
thorough  fo  many  difficulties;  the  \ndtant  ftood 
laughing.  to  Tee  me  Daggering  along:  but  in  my 
diftrefs  the  Lord  gave  me  experience  of  the  rta;h, 
aodgoodncfsofthat  promife,  I/^.4j.a.^  Whtn 
ftoifpajftfl  th*roH&b  tke  Watert^  I  vftllttviith-tbec, 
andtbrougb  the  Rivtrt,  ibej  flail  not  overflow  thee. 
Then  I  fat  down  to  put  on  my  ftockins  and  &OQS, 
W  itb  the  tear  es  running  down  mine  eyes,  and  many 
fotrowfull  though«s  in  my  heart,  but  I  gat  up  ta^o' 
along  with  them.Quickly  there  «me  up  to  «s  anln-' 
,  wbQ  informed  them,  that  I  nouft  go  toWacbv- 

to  my  is  after,  for  tbc  re  was  a  Letter  come  from 
D  the 


I  4*  3 

the  Council  to  the  Sq'famortt,  about  redeeming 
the  Captives,  and  that  there  wonW  be  another  in. 
f  bartten  day es, and  that  I  muR  be  there  ready.. My 
heart  wai  fo  heavy  before  that  1  coukKcatcefpeak 
or  go  Hi  the  path  j  and  yet  now  fo  light,  that] 
couldiaru  My  ft'cngth  fecmed  to  come  again,  *nd 
recNiiuny  fee blc  knees,  and  aking  hem:  yet  it 
plcafedthemtogobut  one  miJc  that  night,  and 
there  we  flayed  two  dayes.  In  tbar  tirDccamea 
company  of  Indian*  to  us,  near  thirty,  all  en  borfe- 
back.  My  heaf  t  skipt  wuhin  me,  thinking  they  Nd 
bew£»|M(fc-Wf»atihefirftfigbtof  thero,  for  they 
wercdrelTcdio£^^/fc  ^PpSrcI,  with  Hars,  white 
Ntckcloths,,  aod  Safhcs  about  their  wafts,and  Rib- 
bonds  upon  their  (houlderi :  bul  when  they  came 
pear,  their  wa$  a  vaft  difference  fcetwctn  the-love- 
lyfiCesof  GbriAians,  and  the  foul  looks  oftbofe 
Heathens,  which  mneh  damped  my  fpirit  again* 

Tbefeventtewb  Remove, 
<A  comfoYtabltRtmovcitvrft  towifr>  licaufecf 
my  hope**  They  gave  jne  a  pack,  and  along  we 
went  cbearfqlly ;  but  quickly  my  Will  proved  more 
than  my  ftrength;  havjig  little  or  DO  «fie(hing 
my  ftrength  failed  mf,  and  my  fpirit  weie  *lmoft 
quite  gome.  Now  may  I  fay  who  1Davt<tt  Pfa!., 
i  /£»  22,*3,24«  I  am  f  cor  and  net  dy9  and  my  heart 
it  woUvded  wM  mt.  \ awgOM  ftkf'tfa fiadonwhtfi 
it  dtii'mth :  I  am  tofftd-»p  attttlom  Jikftijt  tocucti 
fny  knees  are 


ttb  offaineft,  A  t  oigbtwc  came  to  an  Tmfa  jiTo**, 
and  the  hdiaat  fate  down  by  a  Wigwam  difea'  tf« 
ing,  but  J  wai  almoft  fpcrjc,  andcot/kJ  fcaict  f p  ak. 
I  laid  down  my  load,  and  went  inio  the  Wi£w*#ii 
and  there  far  an  Indian  boyling  of  Horfctfeti-  (they 
beiog  wont  to  cat  the  flefh  firrt ,  and  when  the  feet 
w  re  old  and  dried,  and  they  had  nothing  elfe»thcy 
would  cut  off  the  feet  and  ufc  them  M  ask  d  him 
to  give  tnc  a  lutfe  of  his  Broib,  or  Water  they  were 
boiling  in ;  he  took  a  difb,  aod  give  me  one  I  pooo,- 
foll  of  Samp,'aod  bid  me  take  as  much  of  the  Brotbi, 
as  I  would  ThfD  I  put  fomc  of  the  hot  waict  to 
tbeSarcp,  and  drank  it  up,  rndmy  fpiritcanea* 
gain.  He  gave  me  alfoa  piece  of  the  Ruff  or  Rid-1 
ding  of  the  (mail  Guts,  and  ( brotlrd  it  on  the  coals; 
and  row  may  ifay  with  Jonathan,  Sety  I  pro?  vov, 
kw  mine  tjdbavt  hen  fnh£lattttd%  btca^ej  taft- 
tdaltttltoftbiit>oiiey,  t  Srfw4 14. 19.  Now  is  my 
Spirit  revfoed  again,  thcughmems  be  never  fo  in- 
toaGdcrable,  yctifthcLordbcftowhisbhfTmg  u. 
pon  them,  they  (hall  rcfreih  both  Soil  and  Body: 

eighteenth  Remove, 
irpacfatnci along  we  #en-t9  but£i 
daj  I  had  of  it.  AS  we  went  along  1  faw 
in  ZHgtifaman  ftript  naked,  and  lying  dead  opon! 
!htground>  bnrknew  rot  who  it  wasi    Then  we 
wme  toaootberl»rfj«s  Town,  where  we  Hayed  all 
,tiight.  In  this  Town  there  were  four  E*gii(h  chil* 
aod  oneof  them  my  owa  Sifters 
Da 


t  utent  ta-fca  howffce  did*  and  Git  was  Well,  con 

{Bering  Jier  Opt  ive-cosditic  n.  I  would  have  t«.' 
lied  that  night  with  her,  bat  they  thatownedhct 
would  not  faffer  it..  Then  I  went  into  another  Wifr 
warn,  where  they  were  boyling  Corn  aod  Bcanf, 
which  was  a  lovely  fight  to  fee,  but  J  could  not  g« 
a  taftc  thereof;  The  c  1  went  to  another  Wigwag 
where  there  were  two  of  the  £»£/*/£  CfoWrr»j  the 
&404W  was  boyling  Horfesfett,  then  (he  cotdt 
off  a  little  piece,  and  give  one  pf  the  Englifi  Chil 
dren  *  piece  alfo.  Being  very  hungry  I  had  quickly 
cat  up  mine,  but  the  Child,  could  oot  bite  ir,  it  was 
fo  tough  and  fine  wy,  but  lay  fucking,  gnawing, 
Chewing  andflabbering  of  it  in  the  moutb  and  hand, 
thtnl  took  it  of  the  Child,  and  eat  it  my  fclf,  and 
favoary  it  was  to  my  tafte.  Tfcen  I  may  fay  ai  fy 
Glmp.6.7.  Tkt  tkivgi  that  my  foul  rtfafed  totouc\ 
Hit.  as  myfomwfull  faeat*  Thus  the  Lord  made 
Jha*  plcafant  refrclhing,  which  another  tin*. 
ifould  hive  been  an  abomination.  Then  |:  wear 
^.onjctomy-miftreiTcs  W/gw^wi.andtbey  told  me 
I  difgraccd  my  maftcr  with  beggiof:',  and  if  I  did  ft 
anymore,  they  would  knock  me  in  heed:  I  told 
j,  they  bad  as  good  knock  ms  it*  bead  as 


The  ni 

They  fatty  when  ye  mtf  out,  thatw.e 
JoWacbufcl  this  day.  Bui  a  bi«crwe.ary  day!  b* 
of  ir,  (tavelliDg  now  three^dayes  i 


(4?) 

s,  Ifaw  Wtafo/rf  hilfs,  bat  many  miles  off. 
Then  we  came  to  a  great  Swamp,  through  which 
we  <  travelled  ap  to  the  knees,,  in  mad  and  water, 
which  was  heavy  going  to  one  tyred  before.  \  Be- 
iogalmoftfpcnt,  I  thought  I  (hoald  have  funk 
down  at  laft ,  and  never  gat  out ;  but  I  may  fay,  as 
io Pfd. 94.18.  W ben  tny  foot  Jlippcd^tby mercy,  0 
Lord  \)tU  me  up.,  Going  along,  haying  indeed  my 
life, but  littfe  fpirit,  Philip,  who  was  ia  theCoh> 
pany,came  up  and  took  me  by  the  hand,  and  fai& 
Two  week*  more  And  you  fial  bs  Mtftveft  againt  I 
asked  him,  ifbtfpaketrue?  . hcarrfwercd,  Yes, 
and  quickly  yott  (halcomt  toyoity  wafer  ct^l^  who 
had  been  gone  from  u»  three  week?.  A  fter  many 
•weary  fteps  we  carrier ro  Wacbiiftt,  whcte  be  wasr 
and  glad  I  was  to  fee^im.  He  askfd  msr,  When  J 
•a-ajbt  mt  ?  J  told  him  not  this  month,theij  he  fetcht 
me  fomc  water  himfclf,  and  bid  me  wa(h>and  gave 
me  the  -G\ a fs  to  fee  how  j  lookt ;  and  b«l  bis  S%ua » 
give  ipe  fomethin^to  cat :  f  o  (he  gave  me  a  mefs 
of  Beans  and  meat,  4nda  little  Ground  nut  Cake. 
I  vcas  wonderfully  revived  with  this. favoorChc Wed 
me,.-  fp/.  iod.  46  He  made  tbtm  atfo 
of  tilth*  ft  that  carried  them  Captive  f. 
My tr.aptr baddree Sqaawi,  (i 
with  one,  and  fcmctiwet  with  (Mttbirvtifi 
Squaw,  at  vboft  Wigwan  j  naty  andontbw 
tltrbad  betn  tko[t  t bret  w«fej.  Another 

witb  whom  I  had  lived  and  fervtdj 
A  fcvcrc  and  proud  Dame  (he  was  j 
D  ' 


f^ftow'mj?  e^ery  day  in  dre  fling  her  felf neat  a* 
'irraeheimeas  any  of  tfaj  Gentry  of  the  land :  pow 
dering  her  hair,  and  painting  her  face,  going  vrith 
j^edj-Iaces,  with  Jewels  in  her  ears,  and  Bracelets 
upon  her  hands :  When  (he  had  dreflcd  her  Mi,het 
woik  was  to  m*kc  Girdles  of  ivampom  and  Siadt, 
The  third  Squaw  wos  a  younger  one,  by  whom  he 
had  two  Papoo/<s.  By  that  time  1  was  refreflu  bjr 
theo^d  Sgr»4#,  with  whom  my  matter  was,  Wei* 
tt  worts  Mild  came  to  call  me  home,  at  which  I  fell 
a  Weeping.  Then  the  old  S^K<*»  told  me,  to  encoa- 
rage  me,  thai  if!  wanted  vitfualt,  j  fhouldcome 
to  rser,  and  that  j  £b  oldJy  there  in  her  Wtgnam. 
Xnen  j  went  with  the  maid,  and  qatckly  came  again 
ac4  lodged  there.  T  he  S$*3#  laid  a  Mat  under  me, 
And  4  good  Rugg  over  me;   the  firft  time  J  had 
any  f  ch  ktndntis  (hewed  me.    J.  noderftood  that 
Wttttwore  thought,  that  if  (he  (hould  let  me  go  and 
(eryc  with  3tl«  old S^uaw,  (he  would  b e  in  danger 
to  Ioofr,inot  oaiy  my  fervice,  but  the  redemption- 
pay  alfo.    /&)d  j  wa*  npt  a  little,  glad  to  hear 
ttiitj  being  bj  it  rat  fed  in  my  hopes,  that  in  Gods 
due  time  tnerc  would  be  an  end  of  this  forrowfull 
hour*    Then  came  an  Indians  and  asfced  me  to  knit 
him.threcpairofSrockfns,  for  which)  had  a  Har, 
a  nd  a  filk  Handkerchief.  Thcnaaotberaikedmcto 
tttlk  her  a  (hift,  for  which ihc  gave  me  an  Apron. 
%'toen  Cnwe  Tom  «j»d  Peter,  with  tktfcwnd  Let 
ter  from  the  Cvmcily  about  the  Captives*    Though 
cncy  wcrctf^fl/w,  j  gat  them  by  the  hand,  and 

butft 


butft  cat  into  tears;  my  heart  was  fo  full  that  J 

could  oojt  fpcak  to  them ;  but  recovering  my  fclf,  j 

asked  them  how  my  husband  did,  &  ali  my  friends 

and  acquiin  ance  ?  they  faid,T#ry  arrall  vtry  well 

b*t  mtlancokly  The?  brought  me  C  wo  Biskccs,  and 

a  pono  j  of  Tobacco.  The  Tobacco  j  quickly  gave 

away ;  wh<n  It  was  all  gone, one  abkcd  me  to  give 

him  a  pipe  of  Tobacco,  I  to!d  him  it  was  all  gone  ; 

then  btgan  bs  to  rant  end  threaten.  I  tojd  hiai  wh'en 

my  Husband  cams.  I  wculd  give  him  Come :  Hang 

him  ROIM  (fayeibe)  }  will  ^Mcfyyt  hit  brains,  tf 

he  comes  k:re»  And  then  again,  in  the  fame  breath 

they  would  fay,  That  tf  then  fowld  come  anbutd* 

dred  wittiout  Gtnft,  thtf  wwld  dg  tkem  no  bxrt.    So 

unftablc  and  like  mad  ra;n  they  were.  So  that  fear* 

ing  the  worft,  I  durft  not  fend  to  my  Husbitfd, 

though  there  were  (omc -thoughts  of  his  coming  to 

Redeem  and  fetch  me,  not  knowing  what  might 

follow ;  F<*  tbtre  wai  little  wore  trttfi  to  them  then 

to  ihcmafttrtbej  fated.       When  tfee  Letter Waf 

come,  the  Saggamores  met  to  confult  about  the 

Captives,  and  called  me 'to  them  to  eoqaircliow 

much  my  husband  would  give  to  redeem  me, when 

I  came  I  fate  down  among  them,  as  J  was  won: 

to  do,  as  their  manner  is :  Then  tbty  bade  me  ft  fad 

iff,  and  (aid,  tbej  were  tbs  Central  Ccttrt.     Tfay 

bid  mt  fyeal^  what  I  thought  be  would give,     NoW 

knowing  <hat  all  we  had  was  dcftroy cd  by  the  I«- 

Jietotm  I  was  in  a  great  ftrait :  f  thought  if  I  fh ould 

fpeakdfbut  a  little,  it  would  be  flighted,  and  hin. 


<Jer  the  mrftejr  jlfof  a  great  fur»f  I  knew  not  where 
ii  voold  tar  procured:  yet  at  a  vent  are,  I  fait} 
Twsntfpoandt,  y etdcfi red  them  to  lake  tcf$;  bat 
they  would  not  hear  of  that,  bat  feat  that  meflage 
to^£»Jto»,  that  for  T»i»fy  pound*}  ftould  be  re- 
deemed.  It  was  a  Praying'/tufow  that  wrote  their 
letter  for  them.  There  was  another  Praying  !»• 
<&#»,  who  cold  me,  that  be  had  a  brother,  that 
would  not  cat  Horfe;  hisconfcience  was  founder 
and  fcrapatous  ( thongfera*  large  as  bdlj  forthe  dc» 
defioiftiou of  poor  Chri/ftont )  Then  he  faid ,  he 
tead  that  Scripture  to  him,  2  Kings,  6-  25.  Thtrt 
XMS  a  faminun  Samaria,  and  be  kid  they  be/ieged  it, 
untill  an  Affes  httd  wat  fold  for  fourfcorepisccscj 
jilbtr,  and  the  fourth  part  if  a  Kab  of  J>ovetdttng) 
jorfivejiccciofflvtf'  He  expounded  this  place 
to  his  brother,  and  ftsewcd  him  that  it  was  lawful! 
to 'cat  that  in  a  Famine  which  is  not  at  another 
jLlm'6,  And  now,fayes  he ,hc  will  cat  Horfc  with  any 
Tndtaw<£-tb&*alt.  There  was  another  Praying- 
1^/^p, who  when  he  bad  done  alt  the  mifchicf  that 
Tie  could,  betrayed  his  own  Father mtotbe  E»£lijh 
bands,  thereby  to  purchafe  bii  own  life.  Another 
Praying?  W/*»  was  at  Sudbttry-fght ,  though,  as. 
he  deferved*,  be  was  afterward  banged  for  it, 
There  was  another  Praying  Indian,  fo  wicked  and 
ct'uel,  'as  to  wear  a  ftringaboathisaeck,  (hutog 
'wiiTj  Cbri/liam  fingers.  Another  Praying- hdtan^ 
when  they  went  to  Sudbfiryfi^hty  went  with  them, 
patfy  wjth^ini,with  bcr^ooi  at  her 

'bacfe 


[51] 

back :  Before  they  ^*0ttD  that  figtt,  they  goU 
Company  together  to  Pi&ti* ;  the  manner  was  as 
followetru  There  tfas  oae  that  kneeled  upoa  a 
1)etr-ikf*%  with  tbe  company  round  him  in  a  ring 
who  kateled,  and  ftrikiog  upon  the  ground  wiih 
their  bands,  and  with  (licks;  and  muttering  or 
bumming  with  their  mouths,  befides  him  who 
kneeled  in  the  ting,  there  alfo  flood  one  with  « 
Gtm  it*  hU  hand :  Then  he  one  the  Dier*sk*a  made 
afpcech,  and  all  maoifeftcd  afltnt  to  it:  and  To 
they  did  many  times  together.  A  Then  they  bade 
him  with  the  G$n  go  out  of  the  nog,  which  he  did, 
but  wheohc  was  our,  they  called  him  in  again  •,  but 
hcfcemcdtomakeaftaod,  then  they  called  the 
moreieaineftly,  tfll  be  returned  again :  Trwnthey 
all  fang.  Theuttey  gave  bim  two  Guns,  in  cither; 
band  OGC  :  And  Co  he  on  the  Z>*«  -*^m  began  a* 
gain,;  and  at  tbe  tod  of  every  fcnfepcc  in  hit  fpeak- 
ing,  they  all  a  (Tented,  humming  or  muttering  with 
their  mouihcs,  and  ftrikiogupori  the  ground  with 
their  bands*  Then  die  y  bade  him  with  the  two 
Guns  go  out  of  the  ring  again ;  which  he  did,  a  lit 
tle  way.  Then  they  called  him  in  again,  but  he 
jnade  a  (land  ;  fotb-cy  called  hito  wtth_greater  eSt- 
ncAncfsj  but  he  ftood  reding  and  waveiing&sif 
lie  knew  cot'  .w  hi  the  c  be  (hould  dander  fail,  or 
^hifibwaytogc,  Thtn  ihcy  called  him  with  ex.- 
cecdiog  great  vehemcncy,  all  ofth«Q3,  oceanda- 
nothcr :  after  a  little  while-hc  tVioed  in,  ftaggcr« 
ing a$-tie  WCM,  wiih  Ais'Anncittretchilouc,  in 

either 


cither  hand  a  Gun.     As  foon  as  he  came  in,  they 
all  faog  and  rejoyccd  exceedingly  a  while.  And  then 
he  OfiSul"  the  Detr-skin,  made  another  fpceco 
ftoto  which  they  all  affented  to  a  rejoicing  manner : 
and  fo  they  coded  their  bufinefs,  and  forthwith 
went  to  SMury  fight.  To  ray  thinking  they  went 
without  any  fcruplc,  but  that  they  (hoiild  profpcr, 
aad  gain  the  victory:    And  they  went  oat  not  fo 
rejoycing,  bat  they  came  home  with  as  great  a  Vi 
ctory.  For  they  faid  they  had  killed  two  Captains, 
and  ajmoft  an  hundred  men.    One  ZngUfh-mcm 
they  brought  along  with  them:  and  he  faid,   it 
was  too  ftue.for  they  bad  made  fad  work  at  Sudbt* 
>7,  as  indeed  it  proved.  Yet  they  came  home  with-, 
out  that  rejojrdng  aod  triumphing  over  their  vi» 
clorjr,  wbich  they  were  wont  to  ihewat  other 
iims$£  but  rather  like  BJogs  (  as  they  fay)  which 
hav*  loft  their  ears.  Yet  1  could  not  perecive  that 
it  was  for  their  own  lofs  of  men :  They  faid,  they 
bad  ROE  loft  above  five  or  fix :  add  I  miffed  none, 
cxcep  meoc  wigwam.     When  they  wcot ,  they 
*#ed  as  if  the  Devil  had  told  them  that  they 
fhoaW  gmin  the  viftory :  and  now  they  afted>  as 
if  the  Devil  had  told  them  they  flioald  have  a  fall.s 
Whither  it  were  fo  or  no,  I  cannot  tell,  but  fo  it 
proved,  for  quickly  they  began  to  fall,  aod  fo  held 
oo  that  Summer,   ti)I  they  came  to  utterroiae, 
They  came  borne  on  a  Sabbath  day>and  the  Fww 
that  kneeled  upca  the  Deer-ski*  came  home  (1 
raay  fay,  wiihont  abate)  asbUckasthc,Devif, 


my  matter  e*me  home,  be  came  to  me  aa<! 

bidmeiajkcafnirtfofhis  T^SOJ,  of  a  hollaod* 
Uced  Pillow  be«  t  About  that  time  there  came  ao 
\rdtzn  to  me  and  bid  me  come  to  his  wigvam,  ar 
night,  and  he  would  give  me  Tome  Pork  &  Ground 
NX?.  Which  1  did,  and  as  1  was  eat  ing,  another 
Indian  (aid  to  rnt,  fee  feems  to  be  your  good  Fdsed, 
but  be  killed  two  EngliftrAe*  at  5^6«yy>and  there 
ly  their  Cloatbf  behind  you :  1  looked  behind  mr, 
and  theieJfaw  bloody  Cloaths,  with  Bullet  holes 
in  them ;  yet  the  Lord  fuffcred  not  this  wrercb  to 
do  me  any  hart;  Yea,  iafteadofthar,  he  many 
times  refrcffci  me :  five  or  fix  times  did  he  8od  bis 
Squaw  rcficfh  my  feeble  carcafc.  If  J  went  Co 
Iheir  Wigwam  &  any  time ,  they  would  aiwayes 
givemcfometblng,  and  yet  they  wtte  Grangers 
tbat  1  never  fa  w  before  Another  Squaw  gave  me 
apieceoffrefhPork,  and  a  little  Salt  with  it,  and 
feit  me  bet  Pan  to  Fry  it  io ;  and  1  cannot  bat  re 
member  what  a  fweer,  pleafant  and  delightfuSfre- 
hih  that  bit  had  to  me,  to  this  day.  So  little  do 
v?e  prize  common  mercies  when  we  have  them  to 
ihefuii. 

Tbt  twentieth  Hfium, 

ft  MS  tbiir  ufual  manner  to  rtntwe,  vhtn  tbty 
tod  done  any  mtfchitf,  left  they  fioutd  be  found  out : 
0ft&0  titty  did  at  thi*  time.  We  went  about  three 
or  four  miles,  and  there  they  buif  C  a  great  Wil ™am  > 
~big  enougb  to  hold  ao  hundred  Indian 9  v/hicb 
they  d'dio  preparation  to  a  great  day  of  JDancing 


£  S4  1 

They  would i &y  now  among?!  therofcfres,  that  tire 
GewMottr  WOold  be  fo  angry  for  hii  fofs  at  £*;%. 
yy,that  tic  would  fend  iu>  mots  about  the  Captivet, 
which  made  me  grieve  andtremble.  My  Sifter  be* 
ingtioi  far  from  the  place  where  we  now  were: 
and  hearing  that  I  was  here,  defired  her  mifterto 
let  her  come  and  fee  me,  and  he  was  willing  to 
it,  and  Would  go  with  her:  but  £be  being  ready 
before  him,  told  him  ihe  wonld  go  before,  and  w« 
come  within  a  Mile  or  two  of  ths  place;  Then  he 
overtook  her,  and  began  to  rant  as  if  he  had  bcca 
mad;  and  made  her  go  back  again  in  the  Rain ;  fa 
that  I  never  faw  her  till  j.fftw  her  in  Charleston^ 
But  the  Lord  requited many  of  their  ill  doingi,  foe 
this  Indian  her  Matter,  Wai  banged  afterward  a? 
jBoflon.  The  Indian  now  begaa  to  come  from  all 
cjoarters,  agaioft  trteir  merry  dancing  day.  Among 
foroe  of  them  came  one  GooMfe  /T«^/«:Itold  her 
my  heart  was  fo  heavy  that  it  was  ready  fo  break: 
To  is  m»ne  too  faid  (he,  but  yet  Paid,  I  hope  we  fhail 
hear  fame  good  ncw&ftlortly.  I  could  hear  how 
carncflly  m y  Siller  defired  to  fee  me,ck  I  as caroefr 
|y  tkfircd  to  fee  her :  and  yet  neither  of  us  could 
g«t  an  opporfuoiry.  My  Daughter  was  alfo  now 
about  a  mile  off,  and  I  had  not  ken  her  in  nineot 
ten  weeks,  at  I  had  not  feen  my  Sifter  fmce  our  6rft 
raking.  I  carncft  ly  defired  them  to  let  me  go  and 
fie  them:  yca,I  iutrcated,  begged,  andperfwatF1 
«d  them,  but  to  let  me  fee  my  Daughter ;  amjyc* 
io  hard  heacred  were  they,  that  they  would  tot 


C  553 

fuffe  r  it.  They  made  ufe  of  their  tyrannical  powei 
v?hi!ft  they  bad  it  t  bat  through  the  Lords  wonder* 
fall  mercy,  their  time  was  now  but  fhott, 

On  a  Stbbatb  daji  tht  S  untying  about  an  bout 
tigkintbeefwnooni  ttme  Mr*  John  Roar  (  tts 
Council  ftrmittinf  him,  and  hit  ownfortwardfpint 
inclining  him)  togttbgv  yitf  tht  twofortmcnttontft 
Indians,  Tom  and  Peter  with  their  third  Letter  fan* 
tbt  Council  When  they  came  near,  f  was  abroad; 
thoogh  I  faw  them  not,thcy  prcfently  called  me  ie» 
in  j  bade  me  fit  down  and  not  ft  ir. Then  they  Catch- 
ed  up  their  Guns,  and  away  they  ran ,  ay  if  an  Enc« 
my  h|d  been  at  band  j  and  the  Guns  went  off  apace 
1  manifeftcd  f omc  great  trouble,  and  they  asked  me 
what  was  the  matter  ?  1  told  them,  I  thought  tbt% 
fad  killed  tbt  Eoglifh-man  (for  they  hadinthc^ 
.meantime  informed  mcthatan£«^]3i-jwtf»  way 
come)  theyfaid,  No-9  They  (hot  Over  his  Horfe 
and  uncJer,  and  before  bis  Horfcj  and  they  pufiu 
]>im  this  way  and  that  way,  at  their  pleafure : 
(hewiug  whapthey  conld  do :  Then  they  let  them 
come  to ^  their  Wigwams.  .  I  begged  of  riltra  to 
let  rnc  fee  the  £»£#$w#»,  but  they  woufd  nor. 
But  there  wa&lfiin.tofitthiir  pleiare.     Wliea 
they  bad  talked  tbcir  filil  with %lm ,  they  fuffctcd 
meiogo  to  him.  We  asked  each  other  of 

cor  welfare,  andhow  ray  Husband  did §  and  all 
tny  Friends?  He  told  me  they  were  all  welF,  and 
fcroyld  be  gfad  to  f«  me.  Amongft  oth^c 
tfciiitswbJcbmyHu$baiJdfentme,  there  came  a 
Wund  of  Tobacco;  which  I  fold  for  nine  (hillings  iq 


6*3' 

Money :  For  many  of  the  Indiam  for  want  of  TV 
faccOt  fmoakcd  //*  »tof^,and  Ground- JVy.  it  was 
a  great  miftake  in  any,  who  thought  J  lent  for 
7<.bACCo :  for  through  the  favonr  of  God,  that  de- 
fire  was  overcome.    I  now  asked  them,  whiihtrl 
fiiculd  go  Home  with  Mr  Hoar  ?  They  anfwered 
5^o,  one  aod  another  of  them :  and  it  being  night, 
we  lay  down  with  that  aofwer ;  in  the  morning^ 
Mr  Hoar  ini'itcd  the  Saggamtrcf  to  Dinner;  DJJI 
when  we  went  toget  it  ready,  we  found  thai  they 
bad  ftqllen  the  grcateft  part  of  the  ftovifioivMf, 
Hour  had  brought,  out  of  his  Bags,   in  the  night; 
txf»^»<  m*yfcc  the  wond  ifull  power  of  Gcdt  in 
that  one  }&$<tge*  *»  Mat  wbi*  ijfe^rc  vatfucb  a^eat 
xitmfaroftkelnti&mtogtlfar,  and  Jp  gttedy  of  A 
littlt good f osd $  an4  no  EbgHfhUf rr,  but  Mr.HoOf 
Zndmyfelf:  that  thtre  tb.y  didv*  tmckusttofbt 
fretd,  and  Ufa  what  wt  bad:  there  bt\ng  *4  only 
feme  tfr&vi/ion,  but  aljo  Trading-slot b,  a  part  of  tht 
tvtentj pound*  a&rccd  »pow :  But  tnfttad  cf  doing  us 
G»$  tntfckitf,  tbty  fa&tdtoti  afbomed  oftbtfaft^ 
ar,d  faid,  it  wvtfotne  Matchit  Indian  tut  did  it, 
Ob,  that  wecould  believe  that  there  is  no  thing 
too  bard  for  Cod!     God  (hewed  fcis Power 
ovet  the  Heathen,in  this,  at  be  did  wer  tMttritj 
Lyont  ttktv  Daniel  wascafl  into  tke  Den.    Mr, 
called t4iembctime  to  Dinner,  but  they  ats 
little,  they  being  fo  buficin  dff  fling  them- 
,  and  getting  read yfor  their  Dance:  -which 
was  cat  tied  oivj  by  cigh(  of  th:  m »  four  Mtn  and 

tout 


[573 

-  My  qaafter  and  miftrifs  being  two. 
He  was  drcffcd  fa  his  Holland  flxirt,  with  great 
lakes  fewtd  it  the  toil  of  it,  he  had  his  fitvcr  But 
tons,  his  white  Sto^im,   his  Garters  were  hnng 
round  with  Shilling?,  arid  lie  had  Girdles  of  W«nt. 
ym  upon  biibtnelfuifipiOHMtrs.    She  had  *  Keric; 
Coar,  and  Covered  with  Girdles  of  Wamfom  frotp 
•the  Loins  upward :  ceramics  from  her  elbows  to 
Ter  hands  were  coveted  with  Bracelets  \  there  were 
iandfuHs  of  Neck  faces  about  her  neck,  find  fevc- 
tall  forts  of  Jewels  in  hcreais.    Sbe  had  fine  rcc| 
Stokim,  and  white  Shoos,  her  hair  powdered  and 
face  painted  Red,  that  was  alwaycs  before  Black. 
And  all  the  Dancers  were  after  the  fame  mancer. 
There  were  two  other  fingrng  and  knocking  on  & 
Kettle  for  their  raufidc*    They  kecpt  hopping  op 
tad  down  one  after  anotner,  with  a  Kettle  of  wa- 
terintheipidr>^  landing  warm  upon  feme  Emr 
bers,  to  drink  of  when,  they  were  dry.    They  beld 
oo  till  it  was  afmoft  night,  throwing  cut  Wanfom 
to  the  (landers  by.    At  night  1  asked  them  again, 
iff  fhculd  go  hornet  They  all  asocefaidNo,  ex^ 
cept  my  Hmband  wouM  come  foe  me.  Wittn  we 
we/c  Iain  down,  my  MarUr  went  out  ci  the  Wf«~ 
»/rw,and  by  and  by  ftnt  ta  an  Indian  called  fames 
the  ?>«»/«>,  who  told  Mrv//wr,  thatmyMafiet 
would  let  me  go  home  to  raorrow,  if  be  would  let 
him  b  avC  one  pint  of  Liquors.    Then  Mr.  fjoa* 
called  his  owolw^wr,  Tom  and  'Peter^  and  bid 
fhetr  go  aod  fee  whiiheits  would  promifc  it 


.r  58  i 

fore  them  fi&rte :  and  if  bs  would,  he  fhocld  have1 
it ;  which  he  did,  and  he  bad  it.  Then  Ptilip  fmd* 
tag  the  bufinefs  cs\  Q  me  to  hhn,and  aiked  me  what 
I  would  give  him,  totcll  me  fome  good  newt,  and 
fpeatt  a  good  wof  d  fox  me,  J  cold  him,  I  could  wt 
ttllwbat  to£',vs  him,  i  would  ant  thing  I  had,  and 
Mkfd  him  what  he  would  baud  He  faid,  two  Coats 
and  twenty  (hillingHn  Mony,  and  half  a  buffed  of 
feed  Corn,  and  fomc  Tobacco.     I  thanked  him  for 
bis  love:  but  I  kaew  the  good  news  as  w«ll  M  tb« 
crafty  Fox.  My  Mailer  after  he  bad  bad  his  drink, 
quickly camc/antisg imo  the  wi&wam again, and 
called  for  Mr*  tioar,  drinking  to  him,  and  faying, 
fff  w&*  agtodnwi :  vatid  then  agaii  he -would  fay, 
ffa#ibim  Rogit€  i  ^lagalmoftdiunk,  he  would 
arinfe  €0  him,  ssd  yet  prcfently  fay  he  (bould  be 
hanged.  Then  be  called  forme,.!  trembled  to  beat 
bjno,  yet  I  was  ftis  to  go  to  him,  andbcdraokto 
•Ittt,  {hewing  no  incivility.    He  was  the  firft  Indian 
ifaw  drunk  all  tfcc  while  tbat  1  was  amongft  them. 
At  jaft  his  53049  raa  out,  and  be  after  kerr  round 
the  Wigwam,  with  his  mony  jingtm g  at  his  knees : 
But  (he  efcaped  him :  But  having  .an  old  Squave  be 
ra&to&rr:  and  h  throngb  the :  Lords  mercy,  we 
were  no  more  troUlbled  thai  nigbt.     Ye 1 1  bad  not 
c  etmfwtaU*  mfjnt  reft :  for  I  tktok  ]  can  fa  \  Ml 
Hotjlcfpfw  tbm  9i%bts  tog€tktr>    Tlae  nigbt 'before 
the  Letter  caxnc  from  the  CouncH,  J  could  not-reft 
J  wai  fo  full  of  fearcs  and  troubles,  God  man? 
leaving  us  raolt  in  ihs  dark,  whro  &$iT- 


IS9) 

rsnce  Is  ncarcft  :  yet,  ai  this  time  fcoold  not  r 
nJgfat  DOT  day;  The  oext  nigk  f  was  overjoyed, 
Mr.  Hear  being  come,  tod  that  with  fach  good  t^ 
dings.  The  third  night  I  was  e  vco  fwallowed  up 
vita  the  thoughts  of  things  ,  *>fo  ihac  sv«r  1  fhoald 
$o  home  again;  and  that  Imuftgo*  Icafiogmy 
Cbildrco  behind  me  in  tfac  Wildtr&fs  ;  fo  that  flcep 
*is  now  almeft  departed  from  mine  cyet. 

OoTueJday  mamni  they  called  dbei»  Gttural 
Court  (as  they  call  it)  to  confdc  aoddetetmioc, 
whether  1  ihonld  go  home  or  DO  :  And  they  all  as 
one  maa  did  fcemiagly  con  ft  m  to  it,  that  I  (hould 
j>home;  except  tPi^tafco  wo»Id  not  comt 
amouglhtm* 

B«t  before  fgo  aajrfbrtbcr,  I  would  take  feavc 
to  mention  a  few  remaifcaWe  paflagcsof  pro?i. 
&oee,  ^bich  I  took  ipedal  notice  of  m  my  afli§ 
bedtime. 

i-  Oftinf**  optoHtHdt  to  in 
•l**k  afar  rfc  Forr-figi,f; 


Enemy  *M*fi*M»fa  that  w  men  *t,ht 

the  €*Hb  fa  Gro**d- 
for  Mf  lw.    f  fay, 

atentrar    imy  (hooldwant  Provifion,  and  be 
forced  to  leave  their  purfnit  and  return  homeward; 

upoo  our 


death. 


death*  BufeWhat  (hall  Hay  ?  Cod  feezed  to  leave 
to*  People  tpfliemfclves*  and  order  all  things  for 
bis  owa  holy  cods.  Sval  tbtre  be  tvil  in  tht  City 
*ndtke  Lord  bath  not  done  tt  ?  They  arc  notgricvid 
fsr  thc-affliftion  0/Jofeph,  thief  we  (kal  ibey^o  Cap. 
trie,  with  tht  fir  ft  that  go  Gaptiw.  It  is  t  he  Lords 
doing,  and  it  fhon!d  be  marvelous  in  our  eyes. 

a.  I  cannot  bet  remember  how  the  I«towj  Jo 
tided  the  flownefs,  and  dufaefs  of  the  £*£/*//>  Ar- 
xny,iaits/fetiingout.  Foraftettbc  dcfolatioosat 
'JL**c'qlltriu&Afe<tfeM9  as  /  went  aloog  wuh 
lhcrr^;they  asked, me  wbcnl  thought  the  £*glifh 
Array  would  come  aftctihero^  I  told  them  f  coo  d 
not  tell:  It  may  be  they  Will  come  in  May,  fa  id 
they.  Thus  did  they  fcofte  at  us,  as  if  the  £ngtif> 
Would  be  a  quarter  of  a  year  getting  ready 

3.  WbicbalfolbavebintttibefoYt,  whtu  tbe  Eog- 
lift  jfrmy  wftkntvfHppnes  vrsrcfcnt  forth  to  pnrf»t 
after  tbt  enemy  >  &  they  under/landing  it :  fed  bejin 
them  tilllhtj  came  to  Baquaug  Rivtr,  wbtrc  ihty 
forthwith  KM  ovtrfafely ;  that  that  River  florid  fa 
innfafaWi  to  tbt  Enghth.  1  can  but  admire  to  fee 
Ibc  woodcrfull  providence  of  God  in  prrfccvjrg 
tbe  heotheo  for  farther  afftiftion  to  our  poorCoun 
*rcy.  They  could  go  in  great  numbers  over,  bjt 
«hc£»x^ma^^°P:  God  had  an  over-ruling 
hand  io  all  tbofc  things* 

4.  It  was  thw&hty  if  their  Commit  cut  *to*q, 
tley  vtwld  jifove  and  d?  with  butigtri  ,  (tnd  all 
Mr  Corn  that  entity  fttu&i  n#s 


C"  J 

irivtn  from  that  lit  tit  they  bad  in  ft  ore,  into  tk* 
Wotdi  in  the  midfl  of  winter  j  and  yet  how  to  ad 
miration  did  the  Lotd  prcferre  them  for  his  ho 
ly  ends,  and  the  dcftru&ion  of  many  ft  ill  amongfi 
the  E*gliflj\  ftrangely  did  the  Loid  pfovicfc  fot 
them;  that  I  did  not  fee  (  a(\  the  time  I  was  a- 
mong  them)  one  Man,  Woman,  or  Ctnld,  dit 
with  hflngCr. 

Though  many  times  they  would  eat  tfeat,  ttat 
a  Hog  or  a  Dog  would  hardly  touch ;  yec  by  chat 
God  ftrcogthoed  them  to  be  a  fcomge  to  his 
People. 


. 

They  tat  alfo  Nutt  andvdcoYns^  Harty  choa^t9 
Lilly  roots,  Ground-  ham,  and  feveral  other  wcc<J$ 
ind  roots,  (bat  I  know  na?. 

7  'kty  would  pick,  up  old  bout*,  and  cut  them  to  p:c» 
«  «r  tbtjoynts,and  iftbty  wtrc  full  ofwormei  and 
magots>  tbcy  would  [caldtbevovtrtht  fire  to  ma$e 
tie  vtrainectmc  out,  and  then  boittthtm,  anddml^ 
up  tht  Liquor,  and  then  beat  ibe&ntt  end)  of.  them 
k  a  Mortcr,  and  fa  eat  them*  They  would  cat 
Hoffesguti,  and  ears,  and  all  forts  of  wild  Birds 
which  they  coald  catch  :  alfo  Bcar,Ven0i/on,Bra- 
vcr,  Tortoij,  Frogj,  Sqairrds,  Dog^,  Skunk*, 
Ratclc-fnakcs;  yea,  the  ve/y  Bark  of  Trees  •  be- 
6des  all  forts  of  creatures,and  proton-  which  thcv 
Cindered  from  the  Entity  I  can  bu;  fond  tn 
admiration  to  fee  the  wondetfal  power  of  God,  in 
pjovidfng  for  fuch  a  vaft  rmtnber  of  our  Enemies 


n 


in  tbe  w^r»fp,  where  there  was  nothing  to  be 
fecnr  but  from  band  to  mouth.  Many  times.  in  a 
teeming,  the  generality  o£  them,  would  e*t  up 
all  thty  baB,  and  yet  brave  feme  fmt^cx  fupply  a- 
g&»ft  jhey  wanted,  his  {aid,  Pfil-.li*  !3,-*4. 
r4Jfc,  that  my  'P'Qplc  bod  btorfyxd  to  we,  and  ,1fr  a£l 


tbtir  Entmieij  and  turned  my  band  Ogaiv&their 
&$dvtrf*vits.  But  notf  our  per  vet  fc  and  evil  car- 
tiagcsin  tb^.  fight  of  fbe  Lord,  have  fo  offended 
him,  tfaattnftcid  of  torniog  hi$  hand  agtiuft  them, 
thcLotdf*eds  &  nourifhes  them  u^»to  bca  fcourgc 
to-the  whole  Land. 

f.  .esfnotherfbingtbat  I  WOliUotywtit  ,  tl# 
ftfan^t  providtn  ce  of  G  od,-  in  lining  thiHgt  •  about 
tobtntke  Indians  was  atthehqjocft*  an  d  the  Englifli 
tttbe  lowtf-  1  wa»  with  the  Enemy  eleven  weeks 
and  five  daycs,  jod  not  one  Week  parted  without 
tb«  fury  qf  The  Enemy,  and  fome  defolation  by  fire 
Ofkt^wotd  upofi  one  place  or  other.  They  mour 
ned  (  with  their  black  faces)  for  £hcir  own  lofe 
yet  triumphed  and  rejoyced  in  their  inhumane,  and 
many  times  devilifh  cruelty  to  the  gnglifh.  they 
WOuW  boaft  much  of  Ihcir  Victories  f  fayiog, 
that  in  two.nours  time  they  bad  deftroyed  fuch,  a 
CflptAW)  and  his  Company  at  fuch  a  place  ;  and  fach 
a  Capia  n  and  his  Company  jn  fwch  aj>lacc.£a*d 
tuch  a  C  apt  ai»*nd  \\isCowpaty  jnfocha  place: 
and  boaft  hov*  'many  Towns  th<y 
andthenfc.ortc,  aodfay,  Tbcy 


t  *3  J 

,  to  fetid  them  to  f/eavchfofoon.     Agate, 
cneyc-wodd  fay,  ?*^  Summer  that  they  would 
'fyncfyll tt>c  l^oouts  m tie fc*<fc/,  or  fifoVr  A» •«'»• 
t£r2>r5<«,  or  mate  t)nftt  fit  tht  Coufiirty :  kbink- 
icg  furely,  -4£*/-%»~  Tfe*  bitttruefs.  ofDtatb  is 
$afl.    Nowthe  Heathen begi is  to. think  all  isthcir 
own,&  thcpoot  Chdftians  hopes  tafaiUa5tom35) 
and  now  tbtir  eyes  arc  more  to  God,  andthcii 
hearts (igh heaven-ward :  and  to  fayiogood  car- 
mft,  Help  Lwd,  Qr  t»r  penfh:  When  the  Lord 
had  brought  his  people  to  tbisj  that  th:y  faw  no 
Help  in  anything  but  himfelf;  then  *e  takes  the 
q  larreUpto'his  own  hand:  and  though  they  bad 
made  a  pit,  mth«ue«,pmia£  niuoo%  asd^pas 
hell  for  the  Chndians  tfaifSnmmer^  vet  ths  Lord 
hur H'd  them  Ceivfs  mro  ir.     And  die-Lord  bad  aot 
fo;tnany  wiyes  before  toprcfcrve  th€03*,  butnow 
he  ^ath  as  many  to  deftroy  them. 

•ffitt  loretttrntgaintotnyfotHgkonv,  tohtre  \»c 
majfce  avfma,  l&bltc hang e of  Providence'.  At  fii ft 
they  were  ail  Jgainft  it,  expept  my  Ho  band 
would  cowrie  for  me;  but  afccrwards  (fecya^nicd 
toir,and'feefncdmuch  to  rcjoycc  in  ft  j_  fomc-  askc 
.n\o to  fend rhembme  Bread,  others  fornc  Tobac 
co^  others  (hiking me  by  the. hand,  offering  me  a 
Hood  and  Scarfc  to  Tide  in-, not  one  moving  band 
o*rtongur;»painftrt.  Thus  hath  the  Lord  anfwcr-' 
;e3  mf  poor  defirt,  and.the  n^tny  feiraeft  requtftj  of 
Others-put  up  unto  GofJfor-mr»  •  In  my  travels 
ap  |0^.U9.camc  to  roc,  Mitokl^mc^^ll  we fe 'wil- 
E 


ling,  he  and  his  Sg«#8>  would  run  away,  andgO 
home  along  with  me :  I  told  him  2^o :   1  was  not 
Willing  to  runaway,  'but  dcfircd  to  wait  Gocfc 
time,  thlt  I  might  go  home  quietly,  and  without 
fear;.    And  now  God  ha tb  granted  me  my  dcfire. 
O  the  wonderful  power  of  God  chat  /  havcfeen,* 
and  the  experience  that  I  have  bad :   I  have  been 
tnthtmidjl  of  tbofe  rodnni  Lyons,  and  Salvage 
si  tkzttf tared  neither  God,  Mr  Man,  nor  the 
l,  by  tight  and  day,  aknt  andjtn  company : 
ng  <Al farts  together,  a»A  yet  not  ehtvf  them 
*vtr  cffatdint  tfaleafl  afafe  ofuMbaJttty  to  mrt  m 
•jyorjor  aftio*.    Tboigb  fome  arc  ttady  to  fay, 
J  fpcafc  it  for  my  qwq  credit ;   Ewt  Ifaettk^it  in  tie 
preftnceofGti,  and  tn  his  Glory.     GodsPoWf.ris 
ai  great  a«uf»  sadasdifficicnttofavc,  aswbcnbe 
pncferved  D**i<l  in  the  Lions  Octv ;  or  the  three 
Cki  dren  iu  r he  fi  try  Furnace.    I  may  weU  lay  at 
bjs  Pfal.  107.  tx  Ob£tvetbAttl(S  unto  ibt  Lord  for 
btifgosd,  for  his  m  ercyevdttretb  forever.     Let  the 
Red«em«dofiheLofdfay(o,  whom  he  hath  re? 
<kion<4  (torn  the  hand  of  the  Enemy,  cfpeciaHy 
that  1  fliouU  come  away  in  the  midft  of  fo  many 
jhandred«oJ  Enemies  quietly  and  peacably,  and  not 
aOogmovmgh»:tooguc.     So  1  took  my  leave 
of  them,  and  in  coming  along  my  hcartjnelted  in 
to  tears, ,  more  then  all  the  while  I  wa»  with  them ». 
and!  wasalmoil  fwaUowed  op  with  the  tKbughtf 
that  ever  I  (houid  go  home  again.     Ahont  thcSua 
going  dowrij  Mr,  //ft?r,endmy  fclf,  and  the  two 


Indians  ckmt  to  La*cafiert  and  a  fofcmn  figbtil 
Was  to  me*  Ihcic  had  I  lived  man/  comfortable 
Years  amoogft  my  Relations  aad  Neighbour*,  and 
now  ooc  one  Ckrtfli&n  co  be  fecn,  cor  one  houfc 
left  ftanding.  We  went  on  to  a  Farm  is^ufe  that 
was  yet  (landing,  where  we  lay  all  ojght:  and  a 
comfortable  lodging  we  badj  though  noilMcg  but 
ftra  w  to  ly  on  Tbc  Lord  prtferved  us  in/afcty 
thatnighi,  aod  raifedj»  up  again  in  the  morning, 
and  carried  <ft  along,  thtit  before  noon ,  we 
came  to  Concord.  Naw  was  I  full  of  joy,  and  yet 
not  without  for  row :  joy  to  fee  fach  a  lovely  fight, 
fo  many  Chrifltam  together,  and  feme  of  them  my 
Nttghbwrc:  There  1  met  with  tnyBrather,  and 
my  Brother  in  Law,  wbo  asked  me,  if  I  knew 
wierc  bis  Wife  was  >  Poor  heart!  he  had  helped 
<o  bury  her,  and  k«icw  it  not;  (he  jbeing  ibot 
down  by  the  faouk  was  partly  borne:  fo  that 
thofe  who  were  ac  &*{lon  at  the  dcfotation  of  the 
Town,  and  cimc  back  afterward,  and  baricd  the 
dead,  did  not  know  her.  Yes  1  wsnot  without 
fo  rcow,io  think  how  many  were  looking  *ftd  long 
ing,  andmyown  Children  araongft  the  reft,  to 
eotoy  that  deliverance  that  I  bad  now  received 
and /did  not  know  whither  ever  1  mould  fee  theaz 
again.  Being  recruited  with  food  and  raiment 
we  went  to  Bofton  that  day ,  where  I  met  with  my 
due  Husband,  fane  the  thoughts  of  our  d*4t  Chil- 
<trc nr  one.beiog  dead,  and  the  other  we  eooid.noi 
i  abated  oac  cwnfOct  each  t<?  ot  bt^  ^ 

Wif 


nijt  before  fo  reach  hern'd  in  Vrith  the  rat  relief* 
ami  c rael  Hsathto,  butnow  as  mnch  with  pittifal, 
tendcrrWarted,  and  compJflWate  Cbriftians. 
5 L»  that  poor,  anddeftreffed,  and  beggedy  condi 
tion  I  was.rcceivf  d  in,  I  was  kindly  entertained  ia 
ieveraN  Hoafes  :  fo  much  love  I  received  from  fc- 
veial  (fomeofwboiDlknew,  and  othenlknew 
not]  that J  a m  not  capable  tadcclare  it*  Bet  the 
Lord  knows  them  aftby  name:  The  Lord  reward 
'ttemfwnfeld  intotbei*  bofomt  of  bit  fpirit*4lj,  for 
tbftr  ttmporalf-.  I  The  t wwty  pounds  the~price 
of  mf  redemption  was  raiCcd  by  fooje  Soften  Gen* 
tlcratn,  and  Ms.  Vfhtr^  whofe  bouiuy  and  religi 
ous  chanty,.  !^  would  not  fo/get  to  make  mcntjoo 
of.  TiicaMr*  Thomas  Sbepard  of  Cb&lnown  tc- 
ctivedasrtifobi«Hoare,  where  we  cowinaed  ele 
ven  weeks;  and  a  Fatbtr  andMother  they  were 
to  OK  And  many  more  tender-hearted  FriencU  we 
tocr  with  in  that  place.  We  were  now  in  the 
midft  of  tove,  ycj  not  without  much  and  frequent 
heavintfs  of  heart  fortxir  poor  Ghfldrco.,  and  other 
Relations,  who  were  fhltfa  affliction**  The  week 
following,  afur  my  coming  in,  the  Governour  and 
Gouncrhfettt  forth  to  the  Ivdiant  a£an;  and  chat 
not  witboutfeccsfj ;  for  they  brooghr  in  my  $ifrcr^ 
aod  Good-wife  JK&t  It :  Their  not  N  no  wing  .where 
our  Children  wf  re^'was  a  fore  tryaUo  us  ftrlly  aod 
j et  w»  were  not  without  fecret  hopes  iHat  wt 
(houJd  fc«tbem  again  TM  which  was  dead  Jay 
heavier  upoo  my  /pint,  than  tbofc 


167  1 

ave  and  attongft  the  He*tnen ;  thinking  ho®  It  faf- 
fcred  witb  its  wounds,  and  I  was  no  way  abl«  to 
relieve  it;  and  how  \t  ww  buried  by  the  Heat  ben 
» t  be  Wildtneft  from  among  all  Ghriftians .  We 
were  harried  up  aaddowo  hi  our  thoughts,  fame' 
to  wcfhouldheuareport  that  they  were  gone 
this  way,  and  fometimc*that;  and  that  shcy  were 
comeh,  m  this  place  or  that:  We  kept  enquir 
ing  andliftniDgtobear  coocerning  then?>  bat  no 
certain  news  as  yei.  About  this  time  the  Coun. 
til  had  ordered  a  day  of  publick  Thankf'tiviog  : 
though  I  thongbt  I  had  ftiil  caufc  of  mourning,  and 
being  anfettle* in  our  minds,  we  thought  we  would 
lidc  toward  the  Eaflvard^  to  fee  if  we  could  hear 
any  thing  concerning  our  Children.  And  as  we 
were  riding  along  [God  is  the  wife  difpofer  of  a!! 
.things]  between  Ipfaicb  and  Rowly  we  met  with 
Mr.  William  HxfbOrJ,  who  told  us  that  oar  Son 
to  Major  Waldrtns,  and  ano- 


ther  with  him,  which  w^my  Sifters  Son.  I  asked 
him  how  he  knew  it?  Hefaid,  the  Major  bimfcff* 
told  blmfo.  So  along  we  wwt  till  we  came  to 
Nwebwyi  andcheirMinifter  beingabfcnr,  they 
defired  my  Husband  to  Preach  tbp>T60»^j  giving 
for  them ;  but  be  was  not  willing  to  ftay  there  that 
nighr,but  would  go  over  to  Salisbury*  to  hear  far 
ther,  and  come  again  in  the  morning;  which  he 
did,  and  Preached  there  that  day.  At  nighr,  when 
he  had  done,  one  came  and  told  him  that  bte- 
Daughter  was  come  in  at  Pitfrtfac/:]  Hcce  was 

incfcy 


r«n 

mercy  oo  botflies:  ,  Now  ..fattfe  Cod  fof 
prccH?as  SSf»ptare#/h(ch  was  fuch  a,com(ort  to  me 
io  my  d$tc&  d  condition,  •,  ^#feen  aw  heaifc  was 
c^JytoGakinto  the^h  Jmy^CfcUdrco  bring 
geBc  I  coold  oqt  te41  £&tbix}.Kd  my  4sneei  trem 
bled  under  me,  -<4»4  IVH>«-.V^M^  tboreugh  tkt 
valley  ojf  ^  jfa<fo*,j£  Z?AM&:  Then  tfee  Lord 
brooghc,  dQdaowbdS'fiH^lIrd.that  reviving  word 
^atonic:  Tba$  faith  the  lord,  Kefrttinfbywict 
^fro&wCQWgi.jnd  tloin&  eytt  fio&  f*#vr  for'tty 
^\$dtfk*gv®tfa&9  1*idi  the.  Lord,  and  *i*j 
fa$}coittt  ag*i»  from  Jbi  Land  of  tbe  £wo»y«  Now 
we  were  between  thcrn^  tht  oac  on  -the  Eaft  ,  aad 
tfie  oihec  oo  the  Jf^/2  :  Out  Sots  being  acaceft,  we 
•wvtt  t.p~him  firft^  ta  Portfauutb,  where  we  met 
wich  him,  aad  with  the  Major  atfo:  who  told  in 
-he  had  doo$  what  he  could,  but  could  not  ccdccm 
himu«dcr/<-&^^»w^i;  wjjich  the  good  People 
thereabout*  wac  pleafcd  to  p  jy  .  The  Lord  ,  f  e- 
.ward  ttjc  Major,  iaod  4alltbe  reft,  theugh  unkoown 
tpme,  for  ^thejr  labour  of  Love*  My  Sifters  Son, 
^^.edccmcdfor/0^p0#i^,  which  the  Council 
gaveotdecforthc  payment  of  Hiving  now  re 
ceived  one  of  01*  Cfiildrco,  w«  hafteoed  toward 
the  or^^.goifg  back  tbiough 


which  they  rewardcdhim  maay  fold. 

Qa. 

ieardjbjt  tktG 
,  ^i  r  /or  ew.  Bv/ghttr,  to  takf 


B«t  the  being  ocarct 
Rebofab-  than  ftoad-lfoiid,  Ur<  %&&»<&  went 
over,  and  tt>o£  care  of  her,  and  brought  her  to  his 
own  Houfe.  Acd  thejgoodocfs  of  God  was  admi 
rable  torn  incur  low  cftate,  in  that  he  railed  up 
psiTiouate  Friends  ofi  every  fide  to  cs ,  when  we 
had  nothing  to  recompacce  any  for  ttKtt  love.  The 
\ntha*s  wetcjnow gone  that  way,  that  it  was  ap- 
pr  eh  ended  dangerous  to  go  to  her  :  Bat  the  Cart* 
which  carried  Pro vifion  ro the  Eng/f/b  Army,  be 
ing  guarded,  brought  her  with  them  wD 
where  we  received  her  fafe:  btefted  be 
for  if,  for  grtu  »<  bu  Power9  andfo  Uit  dt 
futrletmitbbiiTjgpod.  Her  comiog  in  Va<  alter 
this  manner :  She  was  travelling  one  d  ay  witb  tbe 
\ndtam,  with  her  basket  at  her  back  j  iJiecornpfl* 
oy  rf Indian*  were  got  before  btr,aad  goptopl  of 
fight,  all  except  one  Squaw;  (he  followed  the 
5faftp  (ill  night ,  and  then  both  of  them  lay  dowrt , 
having  nothing  over  them  bat  the  hcavcnr,  stxj 
under  them  hut  the  earth.  Tha»  fhe  rravellcd 
three dayes  together,  not :  koowtpg  Whither  (he 
wa* going:  having  nothing  to  eat  of  (kink  hat 
water, and  green  Btrtle-btrritt*  At  bft  they  came 
into  Proyidcnci,  where  (he  was  kindly  eater£am" 
td  by  feveraf  of  rhatTotPW.  Thelwi^<jffea 
bid,  chat  I .  fhould  never  hare  her  under  ****?£ 
Bat  now  the  Lord  hath  bcoogbt  her  in  u- 
a.ad  give  a  net  to  me  the  Second 

time 


time*     Thetord  nuke  as  ablctting  indeed,  each' 

ffcothwfe    Now  have  I  feen  thatScripmrcalfo 

fulfilled,  3)tuL  30:  4,7.  If  &Wf  of  thine  be  dnwn 

eUSiotbtoulfroftpaYtscfbea-um,  from  fW*  »j)f 

tbeLordtif  Godgttfjet  tbeet  and  from  thence  wti 

be  fetch  tbcet     And  tbn  Lord  thy  god  mil  put  ail 

thsfe  tnfts  upon  thing  e*tm*tt  0*4. on  tbtm  which 

bate  flbe«,  wbteb  pcrfecuttd  thtc,     Thus  hath  the 

Lord  brought  me  and  mir\t  out  qf  that  horrible  pit, 

and  hath  f«  us  in  the  midft  of  tttidcr-htarted  and 

compaiTioaateChriftiam.     It  is  the  defircofray 

foul,  that  we  may  walk  worthy  of  the  mercies  r«e«i- 

ved,  and  wbicb  we  ate  receiving. 

Our  Family  being  VHW  gathered  rogtther  (tboje 
of  UA  that  were  Hung  )  the  South  Church  i-n  Bofton 
fcircdan  Houfifor  ut :  Thin  «?c r (moved  fromM 
Shcpard?,  thofe  cordial  Friendt^nd  went  fo 
vyhtrt  we contmUfd  about  ihrte  <p  alters  of  a 
StJltke  Lord  \j^«t  along  withus,  andpvotnd 
ciaujljfwia.  I  thought  it  fomewhar  ftrangc  to 
fetopHoufe  keeping  with  bare  v/alls  j  bui  asSo- 
rowowfaycs,  Many  anfoeis  ail  thing*  j  and  that 
we  had  through  the  benevolence  of  Chriftian- 
Metsds,  fomcjnthisT'tfBfw,  and  fome  in  that,  and 
others:  And fomt from E^/flwrf,  that  in  a  tittle 
time  we  might  look,  and  feethe  Houfc  furniflled 
with  JoVc.  The  Lord  hath  been  exc«edirtgfcO*<l 
lOtAsinourtoweftdte,  in  that  when  <we  had  n«?ither 
houfc  nor  home,  oor  other  necefTaHcs-,  the  l»ord 

fo  moved  the  hearts  of  thefcand  tno/e  rowardi «, 

that 


1 7Tl 

ihat  we  wanted  neither  food,  cor  raiment  for  00* 
(civet  or  ours,  PrOv.iS.  ^^.  7hm  uttfrUnj 

nhtcb  ftic^b  cloftr  than  a  Brother.  Add  hew  manrf 
(ocb  Friends  have  we  found,  ana  now  Uviog  a- 
ntfagft?  And  truly  fucb  a  Friend  have  we  found 
him  to  be  unto  u^  inwhofehoufc  we  lived,  vt& 
Mr\  JWj  wbucomty  aFrtead  unto  us  near  hand, 
BDtlaforoff. 

Jean  remember  tfo  rim* ,  wj&f»l  «/^  <oy2rrp  ? */• 
rt^  without  vrQrtyhgtiHMjtbotybtSi  wbohntfas 
lojetjbffr,  but  nova  insotkrwajtfWibtHe.  Wbea 
flllarcfaft  about  me,  and  no  eye  open,  but-  hi« 
who  ever  wakrth,  my  thoughts  are  upon  things 
pftft,  upon  the  awful!  difpenfation  of  the  Lord  to 
wards  us  ;  upon  his  wonderful)  po  veer  end  might, 
in  carrying  of  us  through  fo  inaoy  difficulties,  io 
((turning  us  in  fafcty,  and  fuffering  none  to  hutB 
us.  1  remember  in  the  night  fcaf  on,  how  the  o- 
ther  day  I  was  in  the  midft  of  thousands  of  enc* 
IRJCS,  &  nothing  but  death  before  me :  1 1  ^06  then 
hard  work  to  per f wade  my  felf,  thatever  I  (hould 
be  fatisfied  with  bread  again,  But  now  we  are 
fed  with  the  fineft  of  the  Wheat,and,  at  1  may  fay, 
With  honey  out  of  the  rco$\  la  ftead  of  the  Husk, 
vc  have  the  fatted  Calf:  The  thoughts  of  thefe 
things  in  the  particulars  of  them,  and  of  the  love 
andgoodnsfs  of  God  towards  us,  make  it  true  of 
me,  what  DavUfaidof  himfelf,  *P/fll.  6  ^  I w<^ 
my  Gaucb  with  my  tstn.  Oh !  the  woa 

tto,  af? 

fording 


fording  matter  enough  for  my  thoughts  to  run 
in,  that  when  others  are  fleeping  mine  eyes  arg 

1  lavefft»  $>*  cxmvt  vanity  of  this  WorU :  One 
hour  I  have  been  in  health,  and  wealth,  wanting 
nothing:  But  the  next  hour  in  ficknefs  and 
tyouftJS)  and  death,  having  nothing  but  (orrow 

aad  affliction. 

Befoftlkptwwbttofftiflionvntan,  I  was  rw 
dyfowtmcs  to  wilhfor  tt.  When  1  lived  in  prof- 
perky;  ha?tngrhc comforts  of  the  Wonld  about 
me.  myrclationfibymc,  my  Heart  chcarfull:  and 
taking  Hide  care  for  any  thing ;  and  yet  feeing 
many,  wfeom  I  preferred  before  my  fclf,  under  ma 
ny  try aJs  and  affliftions,  in  ficknefs,  wcakocfs, 
poverty,  loffcs,  crofTcs,  and  cares  of  the  World, 
I  fhouW  be  fometimes  jealous  Waft  I  fliould  have 
my  portion  in  this  life,  and  that  Sjnptuie  would 
come  to  my  mind,  H<b.i2.6.  For  whom  tbt  Lord 
l*V€thtx€ka8<*<tk,  andfcourgtlbwtry  Son  whom 
herectwth.  But  now  i  fee  the  Lord  had  his  time 
cofeourge  and  cbatlen  me.  The  portion  offome 
istohaveiheiraffliftionsby  drops,  now  one  drop 
and  then  soother;  boi  the  dregs  of  the  Cup,  the 
Wmeofaftonifliment:  hkc  a  fweepiog  ram  that 
Icavethnofood,  did  the  Lord  prepare  to  be  my 
portion  AfBi^ion  1  wanted,  and  affliction  I 
had,  (alVzneafure  (Ithought)  preffeddftwnand 

tuomog-om;  ^lftc*  wfltfi  God , 
Cento  any  shing, 


T  731 

culties,  yet  he  is  fully  able  to  carry  iheevj  througl. 
and  make  them  fee,  and  fay  they  have  been  gamers 
theteby.  And  I  hope  I  can  fay  in  forae  mcafure, 
As  David  did,  It  h&oodformc  that  1  k&vt  bten  af- 
flifltd.  The  Lord  hath  mewed  me  the  vanity  of 
thcfe  outward  tbicgi.  That  they  are  the  Vanity 
tfvanitie/t  and  vexation  of  \ptrtt  \  that  Chcyarc 
but  a  Ihadow,  abraft,  a  bubble,  and  things  of  no 
continuance.  That  we  muft  rely  on  God  himfclf, 
ind  out  whole  depcndancc  mud  be  upon  him.  If 
trouble  from  /inailar  matters  begin  to  atife  in  me, 
lhavc  fomethtng  at  band  to  check  my  (elf  with, 
andfay,  why  am  I  troubled?  It  was  but  the  other 
da^Uhat  if  /  had  bad  the  world,!  would  hare  given 
itformy  frccdom>  or  to  have  been  a  Servant  co  a 
Chriftiao.  I  have  learned  to  look  beyond  prefent 
and  fmallcr  troubles,  and  to  be  quieted  under  them, 

d,  £xod.  1 4. 1 3 .    Stand  fall  and  ftt 

of  the  Lord. 


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BIOGRAPHY 

MARY  (WHITE)  ROWLANDSON  was  the 
daughter  of  John  and  Joane  White,  who  ap 
peared  in  Salem  as  early  as  1638,  and  moved 
from  their  Wenham  lands  to  Lancafter  in  1653.  John 
White  was  the  wealthieft  of  the  original  proprietors  of 
Lancafter,  his  eftate  being  recorded  as  ^380  6s.  id.  As 
the  pound  fterling  in  1653  probably  had  a  purchafing 
power  five  or  fix  times  as  great  as  at  the  prefent  day,  this 
was  equivalent  to  about  twenty  thoufand  dollars  of  our 
money.  His  wife,  Joane,  died  in  1654.  He  furvived 
until  1673.  His  children,  all  of  whom  married,  were 
Thomas,  Joane,  Elizabeth,  Mary,  Jofiah,  Sarah,  and 
Hannah.  Mary,  the  authorefs,  was  doubtlefs  born  in 
England.  She  married  Reverend  Jofeph  Rowlandfon  in 
1656.  The  dates  and  places  of  her  birth,  her  marriage, 
and  her  death  are  not  found  recorded.  She  had  four  chil 
dren,  born  in  Lancafter:  Mary,  1657,  nm.  15^,  died 
1660;  Jofeph,  1661,  ym.  id.,  died  1713  in  Wethersfield, 
having  a  son  Wilfon ;  Mary,  1665,  6m.  i2d.,  married 
Jonathan  Blodget,  of  Salisbury;  Sarah,  1669,  September 
15,  died  of  wound  while  a  captive  at  Menamefet,  now 
New  Braintree,  February  29,  1675/6. 

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THE    DESTRUCTION    OF    LANCASTER 

A  brief  outline  of  the  tragedy  in  the  Nafhaway  Valley, 
February  10,  1675/6,  fupplying  fome  details  not  given  by 
Mrs.  Rowlandfon,  is  needful  to  a  full  underftanding  of 
her  ftory. 

The  heroic  warrior,  Quanapaug,  alias  James  Wifer,  a 
Chriftian  convert  of  the  Nafhaway  tribe,  employed  as  a 
fcout  by  Governor  Leverett,  on  January  24,  1675/6, 
brought  timely  notice  from  information  which  he  had 
received  from  his  friend,  Monoco,  a  Nafhaway  fachem,  that 
the  hoftile  Indians  aflembled  near  Quabaug  would  fall 
upon  the  Englifh  fettlements  in  twenty  days,  and  that  they 
would  firft  aflault  Lancafter,  then  a  frontier  town  of  about 
fifty  families,  organized  into  five  or  fix  garrifons.  The 
lethargic  colonial  authorities  failed  to  recognize  the  impor 
tance  of  this  warning.  But  Job  Kattenanit,  of  Natick, 
another  daring  fcout,  dragged  himfelf  to  Major  Daniel 
Gookin's  door  in  Cambridge  a  little  before  midnight  on 
February  ninth,  exhaufted  with  his  eighty-mile  journey 
through  the  wildernefs  upon  fnow-fhoes  from  Menamefet, 
bringing  complete  confirmation  of  Quanapaug' s  report. 
The  confederate  tribes  were  on  the  warpath,  and  the  blow 
was  to  fall  on  the  morrow.  Major  Gookin  hurriedly  de- 
fpatched  a  meflenger  to  Concord  and  Marlborough,  order 
ing  the  military  companies  there  to  the  afliftance  of 
Lancafter.  At  Marlborough  Captain  Samuel  Wadfworth 
was  pofted  with  about  forty  men.  Upon  receipt  of  the 
meflage  at  daybreak  he  haftened  with  his  command  to  the 

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already  beleaguered  town  about  ten  miles  diftant,  and,  by 
good  fortune  evading  an  ambufcade,  fought  his  way  to  the 
garrifon  houfe  of  Cyprian  Stevens,  which  was  near  and  in 

fight  of  the  Rowlandfon  home,  but  acrofs  the  river. 

£5  • 

Rumors  of  the  threatening  tempeft  of  favage  wrath  had 
ftirred  the  quietude  of  the  Nafhaway  Valley,  and  the  min- 
ifler,  Jofeph  Rowlandfon,  with  the  chief  military  officer 
of  the  town,  Lieutenant  Henry  Kerley,  and  other  leading 
citizens  had  gone  to  the  Bay  to  beg  help  from  the  apathetic 
council.  There  were  probably  fourteen  or  more  foldiers 
from  the  lower  towns  detailed  among  the  various  Lan- 
cafler  garrifons.  Wadfworth's  force  was  infufficient  for 
aggreffive  ta<5tics,  and  his  arrival  too  late  to  affift  thofe 
in  the  minifter's  garrifon.  At  John  Prefcott's,  Richard 
Wheeler's,  Thomas  Sawyer's,  and  Nathaniel  Joflin's,  as 
well  as  Cyprian  Stevens'  palifaded  houfes  the  defence  was 
fuccefsful,  and  the  Indians,  knowing  that  a  mounted  force 
of  eighty  men  from  Concord  and  other  reenforcements 
were  approaching,  retired  to  the  hills  with  rich  fpoils 
gathered  from  abandoned  farms  and  twenty-four  captives ; 
where  they  were  fafe  from  any  force  the  Englifti  could 
bring  againft  them.  In  a  fingle  day  a  fair  fcene  of  rural 
induflry  and  content  had  become  more  defolate  than 
the  rude  wildernefs  from  which  it  had  been  laborioufly 
conquered. 

The  furvivors  under  the  protection  of  the  foldiers 
buried  their  mangled  dead,  and  fuch  as  had  no  relatives  in 
the  Bay  towns  able  to  receive  them  were  gathered  into  the 
well-fortified  garrifon  of  Thomas  Sawyer  in  the  fouth 
village  and  that  of  Cyprian  Stevens  near  the  North  River 

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bridge.  Their  petition  fent  to  the  colonial  authorities  con 
tinues  the  pitiful  tale.  It  is  in  the  handwriting  of  Stevens, 
and  prefer ved  in  Mafiachufetts  Archives,  LXVIII.  156. 

To  the  Honerd  Gournor  and  Counfell 

The  humble  petition  of  the  poor  deftrefled  people  of  Lancafter, 
humbley  ftieweth,  that  fence  the  enemy  mad  fuch  fad  &  difmall 
hauocke  amongft  our  deare  ffreinds  &  Bretheren,  &  we  that  are  left 
who  haue  our  Liues  for  a  prey  fadly  fencable  of  Gods  Judgm"  up 
on  us,  this  with  the  deftrefle  we  are  now  in  dus  embolden  us  to 
prefent  our  humble  Requefts  to  yor  Honors,  hoping  our  Con- 
difions  may  be  confidered  by  you  &  our  Requefts  find  except- 
ance  with  you,  our  ftat  is  very  deplorable,  in  our  Incapafity  to 
fubfift,  as  to  Remoue  away  we  can  not,  the  enemy  has  fo  Incom- 
pafed  us,  otherwife  for  want  of  help  our  catle  being  the  moft  of 
them  caried  away  by  the  barberoufs  heathen,  &  to  ftay  difmabled 
for  want  of  food,  the  Towns  people  are  Genrally  gon  who  felt  the 
Judgm1  but  light,  &  had  theyr  catle  left  them  with  theyr  eftats,  but 
we  many  of  us  heare  in  this  prifon,  haue  not  bread  to  laft  us  on 
mongth  &  our  other  provifion  fpent  &  gon,  for  the  genrallyty,  our 
Town  is  drawn  into  two  Garifons  wherein  are  by  the  Good  favours 
of  yor  Hon"  eighteen  foulders,  which  we  gladly  mayntayn  foe  long 
as  any  thing  lafts,  &  if  yor  Honors  fhould  call  them  of,  we  are  fear- 
taynly  a  bayt  for  the  enemy  if  God  do  not  wonderfully  prevent, 
therefore  we  hop  as  God  has  mad  you  fathers  ouer  us  fo  you  will 
haue  a  fathers  pitty  to  us  &  extend  your  care  ouer  us  who  are 
yor  poor  deftrefled  fubje&s.  We  are  forrowful  to  Leaue  the  place, 
but  hoplefle  to  keep  it  unlefle  mayntayned  by  the  Cuntrey,  it 
troubles  our  fperits  to  giue  any  Incuridgm1  to  the  enemy,  or  leaue 
any  thing  for  them  to  promot  their  wicked  defigne,  yet  better  faue 
our  Liues  then  lofe  Life  &  Eftat  both,  we  are  in  danger  emenent, 
the  enemy  leying  Aboue  us,  nay  on  both  fids  of  us,  as  dus  play- 
ingly  Apeare.  our  womens  cris  dus  dayly  Increafe  beand 

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exprefion  which  dus  not  only  fill  our  ears  but  our  hearts  full  of 
Greefe,  which  makes  us  humbly  Requeft  yor  Hon"  to  fend  a  Gard 
of  men  &  that  if  you  pleafe  fo  comand  we  may  haue  Carts  About 
fourteen  will  Remoue  the  whool  eight  of  which  has  been  prefed 
long  at  Sudburry  but  nevr  came  for  want  of  a  fmall  gard  of  men, 
the  whooll  that  is,  all  that  are  in  the  on  Garifon,  Kept  in  Major 
Willards  houfe,  which  is  all  from  yor  Hon"  moft  humble  fervants 
&  fuplyants.  JACOB  FARRAR 

Lancaftr  March  nth.   i6||          JOHN  HOUGHTON  Senr 

JOHN  MOORE 
JOHN  WHITTCOMB 
JOB  WHITTCOMB 
JONATHAN  WHITTCOMB 
JOHN  HOUGHTON  Junr 
CYPRIAN  STEEVENS 

The  other  on  Garifon  are  in  the  like  deftrefle  &  foe  humbley 
defire  yor  like  pitty  &  ffatherly  car,  haueing  widows  &  many  ffather- 
lefTe  chilldren.  the  Numbr  of  Carts  to  Carey  away  this  garifon  is 
twenty  Carts. 

Yor    Hon"  Humble  Pettifioners. 

JOHN  PRESCOTT  Senr 
THO.  SAWYER  Senr 
THO  SAWYER  Junr 
JONATHAN  PRESCOTT 
THO  WILLDER 
JOHN  WILLDER 
SARAH  WHEELER  wid 
WIDOW  FARBANKS 
JOHN  RIGBY 
NATHANIELL  WILDER 
JOHN  ROOFER 
WIDOW  ROOFER 


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On  March  26  troopers  and  carts  fent  for  the  purpofe 
by  Major  Simon  Willard  removed  the  people  and  their 
chattels  to  Concord,  and  the  wolves  and  favages  refumed 
their  fovereignty  along  the  Naftiua.  The  Lancafter  fami 
lies  in  their  banifhment  were  fcattered  far  and  wide  wher 
ever  they  could  find  friendly  flicker.  By  various  local 
records  of  births  and  deaths  among  them  between  1676 
and  1680,  when  many  of  them  returned  to  their  dearly- 
bought  lands  in  the  valley,  we  know  that  the  Prefcotts, 
Ruggs,  Hudfons  and  fome  of  the  Sawyers  were  at  Con 
cord;  the  Wilders,  Willards,  Houghtons,  Waters  and 
Ropers,  in  Charleflown ;  the  Farrars,  at  Woburn ;  the 
Whitcombs,  at  Scituate;  the  Lewifes,  Bemans,  Rogers, 
Sumners  and  Athertons,  at  Dorchefler.  The  Rowlandfons 
removed  from  Boflon  to  Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  in  the 
fpring  of  1677. 

NARRATIVE     OF     CAPTIVITY 

Page  i.  "February  ioy  1675/6"  (February  20,  1676, 
New  Style),  fell  upon  Thurfday. 

"  'There  were  five  perfons,"  etc.  This  was  the  family  of 
John  Ball,  the  tailor.  His  home  was  on  the  flope  of  the 
George  Hill  range,  but  cannot  be  exa6lly  located. 

Page  2.  "  'Three  others  belonging  to  the  fame  Garrifon" 
This  was  the  garrifon  of  Richard  Wheeler,  probably  on 
the  fouthern  flope  of  George  Hill  and  certainly  in  South 
Lancafter,  not  on  Wataquadock  as  Jofeph  Willard  and 
Reverend  A.  P.  Marvin  fuppofed. 

"  'The  Houfe  flood  upon  the  edge  of  a  Hill"  The  min- 

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ifter's  dwelling  was  dire6tly  weft  of  the  northweft  corner 
of  the  Middle  Cemetery  and  two  or  three  rods  down  the 
flope  from  the  prefent  highway.  The  meeting-houfe  flood 
upon  the  higheft  ground  in  the  cemetery. 

Page  3.  "My  brother  in  law."  Enfign  John  Divoll 
commanded  the  garrifon  on  the  day  of  the  maffacre, 
Lieutenant  Henry  Kerley  being  abfent  as  before  told. 
Divoll's  wife  was  Hannah,  Mrs.  Rowlandfon's  youngeft 
fitter. 

Page  3.  "My  elder  Jifter  s  children."  Elizabeth  was 
the  wife  of  Henry  Kerley.  Her  children  were :  Henry, 
born  1657;  William,  1659;  Elizabeth,  i66i(?);  Hannah, 
1663;  Mary,  1666;  Jofeph,  1669;  Martha,  1672. 

Page  4.  "  Of  thirty-feven  perfons"  etc.  The  contem 
porary  hiftorian,  William  Hubbard,  gives  forty-two  as  the 
number  in  the  Rowlandfon  garrifon.  Daniel  Gookin  fays 
"about  forty."  Other  contemporary  accounts,  the  moft 
noteworthy  of  which  is  "  News  from  New  England," 
London,  1676,  give  the  total  cafualties  as  fifty-five.  Mrs. 
Rowlandfon  may  not  have  taken  into  account  the  foldiers 
from  other  places  affigned  to  the  garrifons  who  doubtlefs 
fuffered  lofs.  According  to  Treafurer  Hull's  accounts 
there  were  fourteen  foldiers  ferving  in  the  town  on 
January  25. 

The  following  is  a  lift  of  victims  known  :  — 

Killed  in  Rowlandfon   Garrifon 
Enfign  John  Divoll 
Jofiah  Divoll,  fon  of  John,  aged  7 
Daniel  Gains 
Abraham  Joflin,  aged  26 

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John  MacLoud 

Thomas  Rowlandfon,  nephew  of  the  minifter,  aged  19 

Mrs  Elizabeth  Kerley,  wife  of  Lieutenant  Henry 

William  Kerley,  fon  of  Lieutenant  Henry,  aged  17 

Jofeph  Kerley,  do.  aged  7 

Mrs  Prifcilla  Roper,  wife  of  Ephraim. 

Prifcilla  Roper,  child  of  Ephraim,  aged  3. 

II 

Carried  Captive  from  Rowlandfon  Garrifon 

Mrs  Mary  Rowlandfon,  wife  of  the  minifter,  ranfomed 
Mary  Rowlandfon,  daughter  of  the  minifter,  aged  10,  ranfomed 
Sarah  Rowlandfon,       do.,  aged  6,  wounded  and  died  Feb  18 

Jofeph  Rowlandfon,  fon  of  the  minifter,  aged  13,  ranfomed 
Mrs  Hannah  Divoll,  wife  of  Enfign  John,  ranfomed 
John  Divoll,  fon  of  Enfign  John,  aged  12,  died  captive? 
William  Divoll,  do.,  aged  4,  ranfomed 

Hannah  Divoll,  daughter  of  do.,  aged  9,  died  captive  ? 
Mrs  Ann  Joflin,  wife  of  Abraham,  killed  in  captivity 
Beatrice  Joflin,  daughter  of  Abraham,          do 
Jofeph  Joflin,  brother  of  Abraham,  aged  16. 
Henry  Kerley,  fon  of  Lieutenant  Henry,  aged  18 
Elizabeth  Kerley,  daughter  of  do.,  aged  15  ? 

Hannah  Kerley,  do.,  aged  13 

Mary  Kerley,  do.,  aged  10 

Martha  Kerley,  do.,  aged  4 

Mrs  Elizabeth  Kettle,  wife  of  John,  ranfomed 
Sarah  Kettle,  daughter  of  John,  aged  15,  efcaped 
Jonathan  Kettle,  fon  of  John,  aged  5 

A  child  Kettle,  daughter  of  John  20, 

Ephraim  Roper  alone  efcaped  during  the  aflault 


i 


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Reverend  Timothy  Harrington  in  his  "  Century  Ser 
mon,"  I753>  includes  John  Kettle  and  two  fons  among 
the  flain,  and  this  has  been  fo  generally  accepted  as  hiftori- 
cal  that  an  infcription  on  a  memorial  ere6led  by  the  town 
of  Stow  in  1883  endorfes  it.  It  is  now  quite  certainly 
afcertained  that  Mr.  Harrington  was  mifinfbrmed,  and 
that  the  three  Kettles  in  fome  way  efcaped  and  were  living 
feveral  years  later.  If  there  were  thirty-feven  in  the  houfe, 
five  remain  unaccounted  for;  if  forty-two,  ten.  Jofeph 
Willard  found  fome  reafon  for  afTerting  that  five  foldiers 
were  killed  here. 

Killed  outfide  of  Rovulandfon  Garrifon,  being  all  of  South  Lancafter 
John  Ball 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Ball,  wife  of  John 
An  infant  child  of  John  Ball 
Jonas  Fairbank 

Joftiua  Fairbank,  fon  of  Jonas,  aged  15 
Ephraim  Sawyer,  aged  26,  killed  at  Prefcott's  garrifon 
Henry  Farrar 
Richard  Wheeler 
A  man  mentioned  by  Mrs.  Rowlandfon,  but  not  named       9 

Captives 
Two  of  John  Ball's  family,  names  unknown.  2 

ii 

If  the  total  cafualties  numbered  fifty-five,  twelve  are 
miffing;  and  thefe  lifts  give  but  twenty-two  of  the  twenty- 
four  captives.  A  foldier  from  Watertown  was  killed  near 
Prefcott's  mill  a  few  days  later,  and  John  Roper  was  flain 
on  the  day  the  town  was  finally  abandoned. 

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THE  FIRST  REMOVE.  Thurfday  night,  February  10, 
1675/6. 

Page  6.  "  Upon  a  hill  within  Jtght  of  the  town.1'  This 
camp  was  upon  George  Hill,  the  higheft  elevation  in 
Lancafter,  fo  named  by  the  firfl  planters  probably  becaufe 
George  Adams  as  early  as  1645  had  his  home  lot  of 
twenty  acres  upon  it  adjoining  the  fite  of  Symonds'  and 
King's  trucking  houfe.  Upon  the  fummit  is  a  huge 
granite  boulder,  rent  in  twain  and  half  buried,  which  time- 
hallowed  tradition  has  honored  as  the  refting  place  of  the 
captive  the  night  after  the  fack  of  the  town.  The  "vacant 
houfe "  was  that  originally  occupied  by  John  Prefcott, 
built  on  the  trucking-houfe  fite.  Its  location  is  now  cov 
ered  by  the  Maplehurft  ftables.  Many  curious  ftatements 
concerning  Mrs.  Rowlandfon's  Removes  have  been  printed 
by  local  hiftorians,  and  continue  to  miflead  readers.  Some 
of  thefe  go  to  prove  that  their  authors  never  faw  any  of 
the  numerous  editions  of  the  Narrative.  Thus  Rufus  C. 
Torrey  in  his  tc  Hiftory  of  the  Town  of  Fitchburg,"  1836, 
fays :  "  From  her  account  it  appears  that  fhe  fpent  the 
firft  night  of  her  captivity  on  a  fmall  ifland  in  a  river. 
This  is  fuppofed  to  be  in  Leominfter.  .  .  .  The  fecond 
night  fhe  paffed  upon  a  high  hill.  .  .  .  There  is  good 
foundation  for  the  conjecture  that  fhe  paffed  the  fecond 
night  on  Rollftone  hill."  Later  annalifts  of  like  latitude 
have  repeated  this  falfification,  and  one  has  even  ingenioufly 
improved  upon  it  by  claiming  that  Rollftone  is  a  corrup 
tion  of  the  original  name  Rowlandfon,  and  commemorates 
the  night's  encampment. 

Page  7.  "  Thofe  feven  that  were  killed"  etc.  Thefe 

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^^wrv^-r 


Rowlandfon  Rock,  fummit  of  George  Hill,  looking  Eaft 
upon  Lancailer. 


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victims  of  Auguft  22,  1675,  were  '•  George  Bennett,  Jacob 
Farrar,  Jr.,  Jofeph  Wheeler,  William  Flagg,  and  Mordecai 
McLoud  with  his  wife  Lydia  (Lewis)  and  two  young  chil 
dren.  Flagg  was  a  foldier  belonging  to  Watertown.  The 
leader  of  the  bloodthirfty  horde  guilty  of  thefe  murders  was 
Monoco,  alias  Apequinafh,  alias  One-eyed  John,  a  Nafha- 
way,  one  of  the  moft  cunning  and  mercilefs  of  the  Indian 
chieftains  known  to  New  England  hiftory.  He  was  the 
prominent  figure  in  the  tragedies  at  Brookfield,  Medfield, 
and  Groton,  and  made  the  boaft  that  he  would  carry  de- 
vaftation  town  by  town  to  the  Bay.  He  finally  furrendered 
at  Cocheco,  perhaps  under  fome  unofficial  promife  of  quar 
ter,  and  was  hung  at  the  town's  end,  Bofton,  September  26, 
1676.  It  is  ufelefs  to  conjecture  what  purpofe  the  favages 
had  in  deceiving  Mrs.  Rowlandfon  with  the  falfe  ftatement 
that  Monoco's  band  was  compofed  of  Chriftian  Indians. 
Daniel  Gookin  has  recorded  the  fact  that  he  was  accom 
panied  by  twenty  of  Philip's  warriors,  Wampanoags.  The 
"praying  Indians"  arrefled  by  the  brutal  Captain  Mofeley 
under  fufpicion  and  taken  to  Bofton  for  trial,  although  the 
popular  feeling  againft  them  was  intenfely  aroufed,  were 
eafily  able  to  prove  an  alibi. 

SECOND  REMOVE.  Friday,  February  n.  The  fecond 
night's  encampment  was  upon  the  Indian  trail,  and  prob 
ably  in  the  weftern  part  of  Princeton.  This  trail  ran  a 
little  fouth  of  Wachufett  to  the  Indian  villages  on  the 
Menamefet  (now  Ware)  River,  where  it  branched  to 
the  north  and  fouth  towards  the  tribal  headquarters  of  the 
Pocumtucks  and  the  Quabaugs. 

THIRD  REMOVE.  Saturday,  February  12,  to  Sunday, 

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February  27.  "  Wenimeffet"  Menamefet,  or  Memini- 
miflet,  was  a  fwamp  flronghold  of  the  Quabaugs  in  the 
extreme  northern  angle  of  the  town  of  New  Braintree. 

Page  9.  "  Robert  Pepper."  Captain  Richard  Beers  of 
Watertown  and  thirty-fix  men,  while  on  their  way  to  re- 
enforce  the  Northfield  garrifon,  were  waylaid  by  a  party  of 
over  a  hundred  warriors  led  by  Sagamore  Sam,  September 
3,  1675,  two  miles  fouth  of  their  deftination,  when  the 
leader  and  nineteen  foldiers  were  (lain.  Pepper  was  cap 
tured  ;  the  reft  efcaped.  This  captive's  ftatement  refpe<5l- 
ing  Philip  is  very  important,  and  feems  to  have  been 
overlooked  by  many  hiftorians.  It  muft  be  accepted  when 
affociated  with  other  contemporary  records  as  a  complete 
confutation  of  the  tradition  that  Philip  led  the  affault  upon 
Lancafter.  William  Hubbard  gives  no  authority  for  this 
tradition,  and  the  report  of  the  Indian  fcout,  Quanapaug, 
January  24,  1675/6,  tells  us  that  Philip  and  his  forces 
were  in  winter  quarters  "  half  a  day's  journey  north  of 
Fort  Albany."  A  letter  to  London  dated  February  8, 
1675/6,  ftates  the  fame  fact,  and  Samuel  G.  Drake  locates 
his  encampment  at  "  Scattacook,  about  twenty  miles  north 
of  Albany."  In  "  Documents  relative  to  the  Colonial 
Hiftory  of  New  York,"  III.  255,  and  in  "  Connecticut 
Colonial  Records,"  II.  397  and  406,  the  correfpondence 
of  Sir  Edmund  Andros,  Governor  of  New  York,  confirms 
thefe  accounts  and  relates  the  ftory  of  Philip's  unfuccefsful 
fight  with  the  Mohawks  early  in  February.  The  perfiftent 
myth  prefuming  his  prefence  in  the  attacks  upon  Lancafter 
and  other  towns  perhaps  had  its  origin  in  the  unhiftoric 
relation  of  Reverend  Timothy  Harrington  in  his  "  Cen- 

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tury  Sermon,"  1753  :  "  .  .  .  But  Philip  with  the  reft  con- 
fefled  by  themfelves  after  the  peace  to  be  1500,  marched 
for  Lancafter  in  which  there  were  then  about  fifty  families. 
And  on  the  loth  of  February  1676,  aflaulted  in  five 
diflinct  bodies  and  places."  The  Lancafler  hiftorians, 
Jofeph  Willard,  Ifaac  Goodwin,  and  Reverend  Abijah  P. 
Marvin  accepted  this  ftory  without  queflion.  Reverend 
Peter  Whitney,  John  W.  Barber,  John  Langdon  Sibley, 
and  more  recently  even  John  Fifke  ("  Dutch  and  Quaker 
Colonies  in  America,"  II.  60)  have  perpetuated  the  error. 
Philip  could  not  have  been  within  one  hundred  miles  of 
Lancafler  on  the  day  of  the  aflault.  Muttaump  alias 
Maliompe,  fachem  of  the  Quabaugs,  was  the  fenior  chief' 
tain  prefent,  and  Sagamore  Sam  alias  Shofhanim  and  Mo- 
noco  alias  One-eyed  John  of  the  Nafhaways,  Matoonas 
of  the  Nipmucks,  and  Quanopin  of  the  Narraganfets,  were 
his  lieutenants.  They  led  in  all  about  four  hundred 
warriors.  Samuel  Sewall,  in  his  "Diary,"  I.  22,  lays 
Maliompe  was  the  "  General  at  Lancafler." 

Page  12.  '"There  I  left  that  child."  Defpite  this  cir- 
cumflantial  account  of  the  burial  of  her  child,  Sarah,  upon 
the  hill  at  Menamefet,  a  recent  adventurer  in  hiftoric 
difquifition  has  printed  the  following  :  "  The  murder  of 
Mrs.  Rowlandfon's  daughter  Grace  by  the  Indians  is  faid 
to  have  given  her  name  to  Mount  Grace  in  Warwick." 
A  fimilar  mifflatement  is  to  be  found  in  the  "New  Eng 
land  Hand  Book." 

Page  13.  "  Medfield"  This  town,  lefs  than  twenty 
miles  from  Boflon,  was  attacked  February  21,  when  fifty 
houfes  were  burned  and  eighteen  perfons  (lain. 


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THE  FOURTH  REMOVE.  Monday,  February  28,  to 
Friday,  March  3.  This  camp  was  probably  within  the 
limits  of  Peterlham,  about  half-way  between  the  Ware 
and  Miller's  rivers,  and  near  the  Indian  village  of  Niche- 
waug. 

THE  FIFTH  REMOVE.  Friday,  March  3,  to  March  5. 
The  croffing  over  the  Baquag,  or  Miller's,  river  was  in 
Orange,  near  the  Athol  line.  The  "  Englifh  army  "  in 
purfuit  was  a  troop  of  mounted  men  and  three  infantry 
companies  from  the  Bay  towns,  with  a  fimilar  force  from 
Connecticut,  all  under  command  of  Major  Thomas  Savage. 
They  reached  Quabaug  March  2,  and,  had  they  not  been 
detained  by  Indian  wiles,  the  cavalry  fhould  have  over 
taken  the  retreating  mob  of  favages  before  they  effected 
their  croffing  of  the  fwollen  ftream. 

THE  SIXTH  REMOVE.  Monday,  March  6.  This  night's 
bivouac  was  betide  the  great  Northfield  Swamp  on  the 
trail  between  Nichewaug  and  Squakeag. 

THE  SEVENTH  REMOVE.  Tuefday,  March  7.  This  night's 
camp  was  at  Squakeag  near  Beers'  Plain  in  Northfield. 

THE  EIGHTH  REMOVE.  Wednefday,  March  8.  This 
encampment,  on  the  weft  fide  of  the  Connecticut  river, 
was  at  Coaflet  in  South  Vernon,  Vermont.  Here  Mrs. 
Rowlandfon,  evidently  for  the  firft  time,  met  Philip,  who 
had  recently  reached  the  valley  returning  from  his  winter 
quarters  on  the  Hudfon,  whither  he  went  with,  as  Governor 
Andros  eftimated,  about  a  thoufand  warriors,  for  the  pur- 
pofe  of  buying  powder  and  fhot  of  the  Dutch,  and  in  the 
hope  of  enticing  the  Mohawks  or  Canadian  Indians  into 
an  alliance  againft  the  Mafiachufetts  Colonifts.  At  Coaffet 

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there  congregated  all  the  hoflile  tribes,  an  afiemblage  num 
bering  perhaps  two  thoufand  fighting  men. 

Page  26.  "Northampton"  The  affault  here  mentioned 
was  on  March  14,  and  the  town  having  been  recently  pali- 
faded  the  enemy  was  repulfed,  fix  of  the  inhabitants  being 
(lain  and  three  or  four  houfes  burned. 

THE  NINTH  REMOVE.  March  — .  This  encampment 
was  in  the  Afhuelot  Valley,  New  Hampfhire. 

Page  27.  "  Naananto"  The  King  of  the  Narraganfets, 
better  known  as  Canonchet  the  fon  of  Miantonimo,  was 
not  captured  until  April  2.  He  was  feared  by  the  Englifh 
hardly  lefs  than  Philip ;  and  with  better  reafon,  for  he  was 
the  brains  of  the  favage  confederation,  the  influence  and 
prowefs  of  Philip  being  much  overeftimated  in  hiftory. 
Canonchet  with  a  party  of  about  feventy-five,  including 
thirty  warriors,  vifited  the  Narraganfet  country  to  fecure 
a  ftore  of  feed  corn  from  fecret  granaries  near  Seekonk 
belonging  to  his  people.  The  corn  was  obtained  and  fome 
of  it  reached  the  Squakeag  encampment,  but  Canonchet 
with  a  fmall  efcort  was  furprifed  and  captured  by  a  fcouting 
party  of  Mohegans,  Pequots,  and  Englifh  under  Oneko 
and  Captain  George  Denifon.  Canonchet  was  fhot  the 
next  day  at  Stonington,  and  from  that  time  the  alliance  of 
the  hoftile  tribes  began  to  lofe  coherence. 

THE  TENTH  REMOVE.  March — to  April — .  Camps 
in  the  Afhuelot  Valley. 

THE  ELEVENTH  REMOVE.  April  — .  This  remove  took 
the  captive  to  the  northernmofl  point  reached  by  her.  The 
encampment  was  near  the  Connecticut  River  in  Chefler- 
field,  New  Hampfhire,  or  perhaps  in  Weftmoreland.  Mrs. 

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Rowlandfon's  words  give  no  warrant  for  the  claim  of 
certain  local  hiftorians  that  (lie  was  taken  as  far  north  as 
Charlefton,  which  is  about  forty  miles  above  Coafiet,  now 
South  Vernon.  A  "day's  journey"  for  an  Indian  band 
including  women  and  children,  travelling  fingle  file  through 
the  wildernefs  with  all  their  belongings,  was  rarely  much 
over  ten  miles,  as  their  itinerary  proves. 

THE  TWELFTH  REMOVE.  Sunday,  April  9.  This  camp 
was  in  the  fame  neighborhood  as  the  laft. 

THE  THIRTEENTH  REMOVE.  April  — .  This  fortnight's 
encampment  was  probably  in  the  fouth  part  of  Hinfdale, 
New  Hampfhire,  near  the  river. 

Page  35.  "  Came  yelping  from  Hadley"  This  was  the 
return  of  a  fcouting  party  which  killed  three  carelefs  citi 
zens  at  Hockanum,  and  captured  Read,  who  efcaped  May 
15.  John  Gilbert  was  a  youth  of  feventeen  years  captured 
about  March  i. 

THE  FOURTEENTH  REMOVE.  April  — .  This  move  was 
probably  about  April  20.  When  the  news  of  Canonchet's 
death  reached  the  Indians  they  became  thoroughly  dif- 
heartened.  They  were  without  ammunition,  decimated  by 
difeafe,  and  threatened  with  ftarvation.  The  weftern  In 
dians  put  no  truft  in  Philip's  capacity  or  courage,  revolted 
from  his  command,  and  even  threatened  to  fend  his  head 
to  Bofton.  The  Nafliaways  and  Quabaugs  left  for  Wachu- 
fett  about  April  10,  and  Philip  and  Quanopin  went  with 
them.  Their  fquaws  and  children  remained  awhile  in  the 
neighborhood  of  the  Connecticut,  living  precarioufly  upon 
wild  roots  and  game. 

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THE  FIFTEENTH  REMOVE.  April  — .  Camp  on  Miller's 
River  at  the  crofling  in  Orange  near  the  Athol  line. 

THE  SIXTEENTH  REMOVE.  April — .  Camp  about  one 
mile  fouth  of  Miller's  river  near  the  Orange  and  Athol  line. 

THE  SEVENTEENTH  REMOVE.  April  — .  Camp  prob 
ably  at  the  Indian  village  of  Nichewaug  in  Peterfham. 

THE  EIGHTEENTH  REMOVE.  April  — .  Camp  at  an 
Indian  village  near  Menamefet,  probably  on  Barre  Plains. 

THE  NINETEENTH  REMOVE.  April  — .  Camp  on  the 
weftern  fide  of  Wachufett,  probably  in  Princeton. 

Page  47.  "  My  mafter  had  three  fquaws"  Quanopin 
or  Quinnapin,  Mrs.  Rowlandfon's  purchafer,  was  a  Narra- 
ganfet  and  the  grandnephew  of  Canonicus.  His  oldeft 
fquaw  was  Onux;  his  fecond,  whom  Mrs.  Rowlandfon 
ferved  as  maid,  was  Weetamoo,  alias  Namumpum,  Queen 
of  Pocaflet  and  fifter-in-law  of  Philip;  being  the  fifter  of 
his  wife  and  alfo  the  widow  of  his  brother  Alexander,  alias 
Wamfutta.  Quanopin  was  her  third  hufband.  She  was 
drowned  in  attempting  to  fwim  acrofs  the  river  or  arm  of 
the  fea  at  Mattapoifett  to  efcape  capture.  Quanopin  was 
captured,  tried  at  Newport,  and  fhot  Auguft  25,  1676. 

Page  48.  " Then  came  'Tom  and  Peter."  Tom  Dublet, 
alias  Nepanet,  and  Peter  Conway,  alias  Tatatiquinea,  were 
Chriftian  Indians  of  Nafhobah,  who,  upon  repeated  peti 
tions  from  Mr.  Rowlandfon  and  other  clergymen  to  the 
council,  were  perfuaded  to  ferve  as  meffengers  to  the  hoflile 
fachems,  feeking  the  terms  upon  which  they  would  releafe 
the  captives.  Dublet's  firft  vifit  to  them,  which  he  made 
alone,  was  on  April  j,  when  he  bore  the  following  letter, 
which  is  found  copied  in  Mafiachufetts  Records :  — 

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For  the  Indian  Sagamores  &  people  that  are  in  warre  againft 
us.  Intelligence  is  come  to  us  that  you  have  fome  Englifh,  efpe- 
cially  women  and  children  in  Captivity  among  you.  We  have 
therefore  fent  the  meffenger  offering  to  redeem  them  either  for  pay 
ment  in  goods  or  wampum  or  by  exchange  of  prifoners.  We  defire 
your  anfwer  by  this  our  meffenger  what  price  you  demand  for  every 
man  woman  and  child,  or  if  you  will  exchange  for  Indians.  If  you 
have  any  among  you  that  can  write  your  anfwer  to  this  our  meffage, 
we  defire  it  in  writing ;  and  to  that  end  have  fent,  paper  pen  and 
incke  by  the  meflenger.  If  you  lett  our  meffenger  have  free 
acceffe  to  you,  freedome  of  a  fafe  returne,  we  are  willing  to  doe  the 
like  by  any  meffenger  of  yours,  provided  he  come  unarmed,  and 
carry  a  white  flag  upon  a  ftaffe,  vifible  to  be  feene,  which  we  take 
as  a  flag  of  truce,  and  is  ufed  by  civilized  nations  in  time  of  warre, 
when  any  meffengers  are  fent  in  a  way  of  treaty,  which  we  have 
done  by  our  meffenger.  In  teftimony  whereof  I  have  fet  my  hand 
&  feal. 

JOHN  LEVERETT  Govr 

Bofton  31  March  1676.     Faffed  by  the  Council 

EDWARD  RAWSON  Secy 

To  this  he  brought  back  on  April  12  this  reply:  — 

We  now  giue  anfwer  by  this  one  man,  but  if  you  like  my 
anfwer  fend  one  more  man  befides  this  one  Tom  Nepanet,  and  fend 
with  all  true  heart  and  with  all  your  mind  by  two  men,  becaufe  you 
know  and  we  know  your  heart  great  forrowful  with  crying  for  your 
loft  many  many  hundred  men  and  all  your  houfe  and  all  your  land, 
and  woman,  child  and  cattle,  as  all  your  thing  that  you  have  loft  and 
on  your  backfide  ftand. 

SAM   Sachem 

KUTQUEN  and  PETER  JETHRO 

QUANOHIT  Sagamore  Scribe 

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Mr  Rowlandfon,  your  wife  and  all  your  child  is  well  but  one 
dye,  your  fifter  is  well  and  her  3  child.  John  Kettel  your  wife 
and  all  your  child  is  all  well,  and  all  them  prifoners  taken  at 
Nafhua  is  all  well. 

Mr.  Rolandfon  fe  your  louing  Sifter  his  hand  Q  Hanah 

And  old  Kettel  wif  his  hand  J 

Brother  Rowlandfon,  pray  fend  thre  pounds  of  Tobacco  for  me 
if  you  can,  my  louing  hufband  pray  fend  thre  pound  of  tobacco  for 

me. 

This  writing  by  your  enemies 

SAMUEL  USKATTUHGUN  and 
GUNRASHIT.  two  Indian  Sagamores 

This  letter  is  printed  in  S.  G.  Drake's  "  Biography  and 
Hiftory  of  the  Indians  of  North  America."  The  original 
has  not  been  difcovered. 

On  his  fecond  vifit  Dublet  was  accompanied  by  Peter, 
bearing  a  letter  from  the  Council,  of  which  no  copy  is 
known  to  be  extant.  They  brought  back  on  April  27  a 
reply  from  the  chiefs,  written  by  James  Printer,  an  Indian 
who  had  ferved  fixteen  years'  apprenticefhip  in  Samuel 
Green's  printing  office  at  Cambridge.  The  original  is  in 
the  "  Hutchinfon  Papers,  II.  282. 

For  the  Governor  and  the  Council  at  Bofton 

The  Indians,  Tom  Nepennomp  and  Peter  Tatatiqunea  hath 
brought  us  letter  from  you  about  the  Englifh  Captives,  efpecially  for 
Mrs  Rolanfon  ;  the  anfwer  is  I  am  forrow  that  I  haue  don  much 
wrong  to  you  and  yet  I  fay  the  fake  is  lay  upon  you,  for  when  we 
began  quarel  at  firft  with  Plimouth  men  I  did  not  think  that  you 
mould  haue  fo  much  truble  as  now  is  :  therefore  I  am  willing  to 
hear  your  defire  about  the  Captives.  Therefore  we  defire  you  to 
fent  Mr  Rolanfon  and  goodman  Kettel :  (for  their  wives)  and  thefe 

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Indians  Tom  and  Peter  to  redeem  their  wives,  they  fhall  come  and 
goe  very  fafely  :  Whereupon  we  afk  Mrs  Rolanfon,  how  much 
your  hufband  willing  to  giue  for  you  (he  gaue  an  anfwer  20  pound 
in  goodes  but  John  Kittels  wife  could  not  till,  and  the  reft  captives 
may  be  fpoken  of  hereafter. 

In  Maffachufetts  Archives,  XXX.  201,  is  the  Council's 
refponfe :  — 
To  the  Indian  Sachems  about  Wachufets. 

We  receiued  your  letter  by  Tom  and  Peter,  which  doth  not 
anfwer  ours  to  you  :  neither  is  fubfcribed  by  the  fachems  nor  hath  it 
any  date,  which  we  know  your  fcribe  James  Printer  doth  well 
underftand  mould  be.  wee  haue  fent  the  sd  Tom  &  Peter  againe 
to  you  expecting  you  will  fpeedily  by  them  giue  us  a  plaine  &  diredt 
anfwer  to  our  laft  letter,  and  if  you  haue  anything  more  to  pro 
pound  to  us  wee  defire  to  haue  it  from  you  under  your  hands,  by 
thefe  our  meflengers,  and  you  fhall  haue  a  fpeedy  anfwer.  Dated 
the  28th,  April,  1676. 

Mr.  Hoar  accompanied  Dublet  upon  this  his  third 
journey  to  Wachufett,  carrying  the  ranfom  for  Mrs.  Row- 
landfon  in  money  and  goods  raifed  by  feveral  Bofton 
gentlemen,  and  happily  effected  her  releafe.  On  Monday, 
May  7  Dublet  with  Seth  Perry  was  again  fent  to  the 
fachems  by  the  Council  with  this  letter,  which  is  found 
copied  in  Maffachufetts  Records.  The  miffive  of  the 
Indians  to  which  it  is  a  reply  has  not  been  difcovered. 

Thefe  for  the  saggamores  about  Watchufets,  Phillip,  John,  Sam,  Wajha- 
ken,  Old  Queen  &  Pomhom. 

Wee  received  your  letter  by  John  Hoare,  who  went  vp  to  yow 
wth  the  meffengers,  Tom  &  Peeter,  being  fent  to  yow  from  Mr  Rou- 
landfon.  Our  expectations  was,  that  yow  would  lett  vs  know  vpon 

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what  condition  yow  would  releafe  to  vs  all  the  Englifh  captiues 
among  yow.  Our  minde  is  not  to  make  bargaine  wth  yow  for  one 
&  one,  but  for  altogether.  Vnto  this,  which  was  our  cheife  bufi- 
nes,  yow  fend  vs  no  anfwer,  which  we  doe  not  take  kindly,  for  this 
way  fpends  much  time.  In  your  letter  to  vs  you  fay  yow  defire 
not  to  be  hindred  by  our  men  in  your  planting,  pmifing  not  to  doe 
damage  to  our  tounes.  This  is  a  great  matter,  and  therefore  can 
not  be  ended  by  letters,  without  fpeaking  one  wth  another;  we  haue 
therefore  fent  to  yow  once  more,  to  lett  yow  know  our  minds 
wth  all  fpeed.  If  yow  will  fend  vs  home  all  the  Englifh  prifoners, 
it  will  be  a  great  teftimony  of  a  true  heart  in  yow  to  peace,  which 
yow  fay  yow  are  willing  to  haue;  and  then,  if  any  of  your  fachems 
and  Councellors  will  come  to  vs  at  Bofton,  or  els  to  Concord  or 
Sudbury,  to  meet  with  fuch  cheife  men  as  wee  (hall  fend,  wee  will 
fpeak  wth  yow  about  your  defires,  and  with  true  heart  deale  wth  yow. 
This  way  is  the  beft  way  ;  therefore  fend  fpeedily  to  vs,  whither 
yow  will  accept  it  or  no.  If  yow  vnderftand  not  our  full  minde, 
Seth  Perry,  whom  we  now  fend  wth  this  letter,  will  declare  it  more 
plainely.  And  wee  doe  hereby  grant  &  promife,  that  all  fuch  as 
yow  fhall  imploy  in  a  treaty  wth  vs  (hall  be  fafe  &  free  to  come  & 
goe,  on  condition  that  our  meflengers  alfo  fhallbe  fafe  wth  yow 
May  the  5th,  1676.  By  the  Court  EDWARD  RAWSON,  Secret 

A  verbal  meflage  feems  to  have  been  returned  appointing 
a  meeting,  and  Jonathan  Prefcott  was  fent  the  following 
Thurfday,  with  a  letter  of  elaborate  inflru6tions  for  his 
own  condu6t,  and  the  following,  copied  in  Maffachufetts 
Records :  — 

To  the  Indian  fachems.  Yow  know  we  fent  our  meflengers 
according  to  your  defire,  and  wee  very  true  heart,  but  yow  no  giue 
vs  anfwer  in  writing,  by  our  meflengers,  as  yow  promife;  wee 
now  fend  thefe  our  men,  Peeter  Gardiner  &  Jonathan  Prefcott,  to 
know  your  minde,  whether  yow  willing  lett  vs  haue  our  weomen  & 

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children  yow  haue  captives ;  and  if  yow  haue  any  propofall  to 
make  to  vs?  wee  willing  to  heare  yow  ;  and  if  yow  come  yourfelues, 
wee  fend  fome  of  our  fachems  to  treat  yow  at  Concord,  or  fome 
other  place  where  beft,  and  yow  haue  fafe  conduct  j  for  wee  very 
true  heart,  and  yow  tell  your  people  fo. 

By  the  Court  EDW  :   RAWSON   Secret. 

The  propofed  meeting  was  held  between  Groton  and 
Concord,  and  then  or  foon  after  feveral  captives  were  ran- 
fomed,  or  releafed  unconditionally.  June  7,  under  guid 
ance  of  Tom  Dublet,  Captain  Daniel  Henchman  furprifed 
a  party  of  Indians  fiming  in  the  Wafhacum  ponds.  They 
were  chiefly  women  and  children.  Seven  were  killed  and 
twenty-nine  were  captured.  Among  the  latter  were  the 
wives  and  children  of  Sagamore  Sam  and  Muttaump. 
Thefe  prifoners  with  others  were  ultimately  fent  to  the 
Weft  Indies  and  fold  as  flaves.  This  humbling  blow  and 
the  increaling  difficulty  of  obtaining  fubfiftence  turned  the 
boafting  of  the  proud  fachems  to  a  defpairing  defire  for 
peace,  which  found  utterance  in  the  following  letters, 
printed  in  a  London  pamphlet  entitled,  "A  true  account 
of  the  moft  confiderable  occurences  that  have  happened  in 
the  Warre  between  the  Englifh  and  the  Indians  in  New- 
England  "  :  — 

To  all  Engtijhmen  and  Indians,  all  of  you  hear  Mr  Waban  Mr  Eliott. 
July  6  1676.  Mr  John  Leverett,  my  Lord,  Mr  Waban,  and 
all  the  cheif  men  our  Brethren  Praying  to  God  :  We  befeech  you 
all  to  help  us  :  my  wife  (he  is  but  one,  but  there  be  more  Prifoners, 
which  wee  pray  you  keep  well :  Mattamuck  his  wife  we  entreat 
you  for  her,  and  not  onely  that  man,  but  it  is  the  Requeft  of  two 
Sachems,  Sam  Sachem  of  Wemakum,  and  the  Pakalhoag  Sachem. 


NOTES    TO    THE    NARRATIVE 

And  that  further  you  will  confider  about  the  making  Peace :  We 
haue  fpoken  to  the  people  of  Naihobah  (viz  Tom  Dublet  and 
Peter)  that  we  would  agree  with  you  and  make  covenant  of  Peace 
with  you.  We  haue  been  deftroyed  by  your  fouldiers,  but  ftill  we 
Remember  it  now  to  fit  ftill:  do  you  confider  it  again:  we  do 
earneftly  entreat  you,  that  it  may  be  fo  by  Jefus  Chrift.  O  let  it 
be  fo  :  Amen  Amen. 

MATTAMUCK  his  Mark  N 
SAM  SACHEM  his  Mark  X 
SIMON   POTTOQUAM   Scribe 
UPPANIPPAQUUM  his  C 
PAKASHOKAG  his  Mark  & 

My  Lord  Mr  Leveret  at  Bofton,  Mr  Waban,  Mr  Eliott,  Mr. 
Gookin,  and  Council,  hear  yea.  I  went  to  Conneclicot  about  the 
Captives,  that  I  might  bring  them  into  your  hands,  and  when  we 
were  almoft  there  the  Engiim  had  deftroyed  thofe  Indians.  When 
I  heard  it  I  returned  back  again :  then  when  I  came  home,  we  were 
alfo  deftroyed  :  After  we  were  deftroyed  then  Philip  and  Quanipun 
went  away  into  their  own  Countrey  againe  :  and  I  knew  they  were 
much  afraid,  becaufe  of  our  offer  to  joyn  with  the  Engiim,  and 
therefore  they  went  back  into  their  own  Countrey,  and  I  know  they 
will  make  no  warre :  therefore  becaufe  when  fome  Englifh  men 
came  to  us  Philip  and  Quanipun  fent  to  kill  them :  but  I  faid  if  any 
kill  them,  111  kill  them. 

SAM  SACHEM 

Written  by     SIMON  BOSHOKUM   Scribe 

The  fole  reward  by  which  the  Maflachufetts  colony 
recognized  the  fervices  rendered  by  the  brave  copper- 
colored  Chriftian,  Thomas  Dublet,  was  "two  coats," 
voted  him,  upon  petition,  by  the  council  eight  years  later. 

Page  50.  "  Sudbury  Fight"  This  was  on  April  18, 
when  Captains  Samuel  Wadfworth  of  Milton  and  Samuel 

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NOTES    TO    THE    NARRATIVE 

Brocklebank  of  Rowley,  with  thirty  or  more  of  their  men, 
were  flain,  having  been  drawn  into  an  ambufh. 

THE  TWENTIETH  REMOVE.  Friday,  April  28,  to  May  2. 
This  encampment  was  upon  the  weflern  bafe  of  the  moun 
tain  very  near  the  fouthern  end  of  Wachufett  Lake. 
Tradition  has  located  the  final  conference  of  John  Hoar 
and  the  fachems  at  an  ifolated  granite  ledge  near  the  Weft- 
miniler  line  in  Princeton,  which  is  now  known  as  Redemp 
tion  Rock.  This  was  bought  in  1879  by  the  Honorable 
George  Frifbie  Hoar,  and  on  its  perpendicular  face  he  has 
had  the  following  legend  infcribed :  — 

UPON   THIS    ROCK    MAY    *ND    1676 
WAS   MADE   THE  AGREEMENT   FOR   THE   RANSOM 

OF   MRS    MARY    ROWLANDSON    OF   LANCASTER 

BETWEEN    THE  INDIANS    AND  JOHN    HOAR    OF   CONCORD 

KING   PHILIP    WAS    WITH    THE    INDIANS    BUT 

REFUSED    HIS    CONSENT 

Page  54.  "  Her  Majler  was  hanged"  Mrs.  Divoll's 
captor  was  Sagamore  Sam,  chief  of  the  Nafhaways,  hanged 
at  town's  end,  Bofton,  Tuefday,  September  26,  1676. 

Page  55.  "Mr.  Hoar"  Mr.  Rowlandfon  befought 
John  Hoar  of  Concord  to  aid  him  in  ranfoming  his  wife, 
knowing  him  to  be  held  in  great  refpe<5t  by  the  Indians 
becaufe  of  his  many  friendly  fervices  to  them.  The 
recovery  of  the  captive  was  due  more  to  his  brave  inter- 
ceffion  than  to  the  colonial  power  or  Governor  Leverett's 
diplomacy. 

Page  56.     "  Matchit  Indians"     That  is,  bad  Indians. 

Page  65.  "  We  went  on  to  a  farmboufe"  etc.  This 
dwelling  was  probably  upon  the  Wataquadock  range,  on 

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t?\£a»*-~ '.-'  'l^^M'."j L-' •.><'«^i"'a"'..pi"  <.„  r.;*--v  '".  jt>->  ji' 


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Redemption   Rock,   Princeton. 


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the  trail  to  Marlborough,  where  Enfign  John  Moore  and 
one  or  two  others  had  their  homes.  The  pofitive  ftate- 
ment  that  "not  one  houfe  was  left  {landing"  in  Lancafter 
is  proof  enough  that  even  the  meeting-houfe  had  been 
deflroyed,  contradicting  the  hiftorians  Jofeph  Willard  and 
Reverend  A.  P.  Marvin,  who  allege  that  it  was  fpared. 
This  fa<5t  is  moreover  confirmed  by  a  petition  of  the 
townfmen  in  1706  relative  to  building  a  meeting-houfe, 
wherein  it  is  ftated  that  they  had  "  loft  two  already  burned 
by  the  enemy."  Maflachufetts  Archives,  XI.  208. 

"  Brother  and  brother-in-law"  Jofiah  White  and  Lieu 
tenant  Henry  Kerley. 

Page  66.  "  Mr.  UJker"  Hezekiah  Ufher,  a  promi 
nent  and  wealthy  merchant  and  one  of  the  felectmen,  living 
on  what  is  now  State  Street,  Bofton. 

Page  67.  "Major  Waldren"  Richard  Waldron  of 
Dover,  New  Hampfhire,  its  moft  diflinguifhed  citizen. 

Page  68.  "  My  ftflers  /on."  Mrs.  Hannah  Divoll's. 
In  Reverend  Thomas  Gobbet's  "  Narrative  of  New  Eng 
land  Deliverances,"  which  is  among  the  Mather  Manu- 
fcripts  in  the  Prince  Library,  number  76,  he  writes:  — 

.  .  .  May  the  12th  Goodwife  Diuens  [Divoll~\  and  Goodwife 
Ketle  vpon  ranfom  paid,  came  in  to  Concord,  and  vpon  like  ran- 
fom  prefently  after  John  Mofs  of  Groton  and  Lieftenant  Carlers 
[Kerley's]  daughter  were  fet  at  liberty,  and  nine  more  without  ran 
fom  .  .  . 

.  .  .  Mr  Rowlinfons  daughter  was  brought  to  Seaconke  by  a 
captiue  fqua,  that  got  away  from  the  Indians,  and  got  home  after 
Mr  Rowlinfons  fon  and  his  fifter  Diuens  [Divoll's]  daughter,  vpon 
theyr  ranfoms  paid,  were  brought  to  Major  Waldrens.  And  about 


NOTES    TO    THE    NARRATIVE 

July  IIth  Goodwife  Ketles  elder  daughter,  about  17  y  old,  got  away 
from  the  Indians  to  Marlborough  bringing  her  little  fifter  vpon  her 
back  almoft  ftarued  .  .  . 

Page  69.  "  Mr.  Newman  "  was  Reverend  Noah  Newman 
of  Rehoboth. 

Page  71.  "James  Whitcomb"  was  a  wealthy  citizen  of 
Bofton,  whofe  manfion  and  garden  were  at  the  corner  of 
Beacon  and  Tremont  Streets,  where  the  Tremont  Building 
now  ftands. 


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The  Mary  Rowlandfon  Locker. 


Bibliography 


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HISTORY 


O  F    TH  E 


Uleftoration 


OF 


Mrs. 


ROWLANDSON, 


A  Minifter's  Wife  in  New-England. 

Wherein  is  fet  forth,  The  Cruel  and  Inhumane 
Ufage  (he  underwent  amongft  the  Heathens^  for 
Eleven  Weeks  tiine  :  And  her  Deliverance  from 
them. 

Written  fy  her  own  Hand,  for  her  Private  Vfe  :  Axel  now  Made 
Publici  at  the  earned  Dejiretffome  Friends,  far  the  Benefit 
of  the  AfflitteA 

Whereonto  is  annexed, 

A  Sermon  of  the  fcfflbility  of  God's  Forfa^ing  a  Peo 
ple  that  have  been  near  and  dear  to  hinn 


Preached  by  ^Ar.^ofeph  Rowtatidfon)  Husband  to  the  faid  %(v%,RowIa 
It  being  his  Laft  Sermon. 


Printed  hYft  tt  'New-England^  And  Re-printed  at  Lon<?o»j  and  (old 
by  Jofcfh  Poole*  at  the  Blue  Betel  in  the  £w4T*/K  by  CM/?/- 
€knreb 


BIBLIO  GR  APH  Y 


THE  following  is  a  catalogue  of  all  editions  of  the  Mary  Rowland- 
fon  Narrative  known.     Of  thofe  ftarred,  copies  are  in  the  Lancatler 
Public  Library  :    1682.     No  copy  of  the  firft  edition,  printed  by 
Samuel  Green  at  Cambridge  in  1682,  is  known  to  exifl. 

1682.  The  |  Soveraignty  &  Goodnefs  \  of  |  GOD,  |  Together,  |  With 
the  Faithfulnefs  of  His  Promifes  |  Difplayed  ;  |  Being  a  |  NARRATIVE  | 
Of  the  Captivity  and  Reftauration  of  |  Mrs.  Mary  Rowlandfon.  \  Com 
mended  by  her,  to  all  that  defires  to  |  know  the  Lords  doings  to,  and  |  deal 
ings  with  her.  |  Efpecially  to  her  dear  Children  and  Relations.  \  The 
fecond  Addition  Corrected  and  amended.  |  .  .  .  Cambridge.  |  Printed  by 
Samuel  Green,  1682.  3^  by  5^  in.  pp.  (6)  73. 

A  copy  once  owned  by  Reverend  John  Cotton  is  in  the  Prince  Library, 
Bofton,  and  a  copy  of  the  Rowlandfon  Sermon  is  bound  with  it. 

1682.  A  True  |  HISTORY  |  of  the  |  Captivity  &  Refloration  |  of  | 
Mrs.  Mary  Rowlandfon,  \  A  Minifter's  wife  in  New-England.  \  Wherein  is 
fet  forth,  The  Cruel  and  Inhumane  |  Ufage  me  underwent  amongft  the  Heathens, 
for  |  Eleven  Weeks  time  :  And  her  Deliverance  from  |  them.  |  Written  by 
her  own  Hand  for  her  Private  Ufe :  And  now  made  \  Publick  at  the  earn- 
eft  Dejire  of  fame  Friends,  for  the  Benefit  \  of  the  Ajflifted.  \  Whereunto  is 
annexed,  |  A  Sermon  of  the  PoJJibility  of  God's  Forfaking  a  Pea-  \  pie  that 
have  been  near  and  dear  to  him :  \  Preached  by  Mr.  Jofeph  Rowlandfon, 
Hufband  to  the  faid  Mrs.  Rowlandfon.  \  It  being  his  Laft  Sermon,  j  Printed 
firft  at  New-England :  And  Re-printed  at  London,  and  fold  |  by  Jofeph 
Poole,  at  the  Blue  Bowl  in  the  Long-  Walk>  by  Chrijis-  \  Church  Hofpital 
1682.  6  by  8  in.  pp.  (6)  46. 

Copies  of  this  London  edition  of  1682  are  in  the  John  Carter  Brown 
Library,  Providence,  Rhode  Ifland,  the  Lenox  Library,  New  York,  and  the 

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BIBLIOGRAPHY 


library  of  Mr.  Edward  E.  Ayer,  Chicago.  A  copy  at  the  Brinley  Sale  in 
1879  brought  $11.50.  Charles  Deane's  copy  fold  in  Bofton,  1898,  for 
$80. 

1720.  The  |  Soveraignty  and  Goodnefs  of  |  God,  |  Together  with  the 
Faithfulnefs  of  His  |  Promifes  Difplayed  :  |  Being  a  |  Narrative  |  Of  the 
Captivity  and  Reftauration  of  |  Mrs.  Mary  Rozvlandfon.  \  Commended  by 
her,  to  all  that  defire  to  |  know  the  Lords  Doings  to,  &  Dealings  |  with 
her;  Efpecially  to  her  dear  Chil-  |  dren  and  Relations.  |  Written  by  her 
own  Hand,  for  her  Private  Ufe,  |  and  now  made  Publick  at  the  earneft 
Defire  of  |  fome  Friends,  and  for  the  Benefit  of  the  Afflifted.  |  The  Second 
Edition  |  Carefully  Corrected,  and  Purged  from  abundance  |  of  Errors  which 
efcaped  in  the  former  Impreffion.  |  Bofton  :  Printed  by  T.  Fleet,  for  Samuel 
|  Phillips,  at  the  Three  Bibles  and  Crown  in  King-  \  Street,  1720.  pp. 
80. 

A  copy  of  this  edition  is  in  the  Britifh  Mufeum,  and  another,  according 
to  Sabin,  in  the  Library  of  Congrefs,  Wafhington.  The  latter  evaded 
fearch  in  1901. 

*i77o.  A  |  NARRATIVE  |  of  the  |  CAPTIVITY,  |  Sufferings  and 
Removes  |  of  |  Mrs.  Mary  Rowlandfon,  \  who  was  taken  Prifoner  by  the 
INDIANS  |  with  feveral  others ;  and  treated  in  the  |  moft  Barbarous  and 
Cruel  manner  by  |  thofe  vile  Savages  :  With  many  other  |  remarkable 
Events  during  her  Travels.  |  Written  by  her  own  Hand,  for  her  pri-  |  vate 
Ufe,  and  now  made  Public  at  the  |  earneft  Defire  of  fome  Friends  and  for  | 
the  benefit  of  the  Afflifted.  |  Bofton  :  |  Printed  and  Sold  by  Nathaniel  Cov- 
erly  \  in  B lack- Horfe- Lane,  North-End.  |  MDCCLXX.  41^  by  7  in. 
pp.  60. 

A  woodcut  of  a  woman  with  mufket  on  reverfe  of  title,  and  one  repre- 
fenting  a  houfe  on  fire  on  the  laft  page.  A  copy  brought  $20  in  Bofton 
A.D.  1900. 

1771.  Same  title,  Bofton:  |  Printed  and  Sold  by  N.  COVERLY,  | 
near  Liberty-Tree  M,DCCLXXI.  |  Price  Six  Shillings.  \  pp.  (3)  58.  4^ 
by  7  in.  Woodcuts  on  pages  4  and  42. 

A  copy  is  in  poffeffion  of  Mr.  Edward  E.  Ayer,  Chicago. 

*I773.  Same  title.  Bofton  :  Printed  and  Sold  at  John  Boyle's  Printing- 
Office,  next  Door  to  the  Three  Doves  in  Marlborough-Street,  1773.  4^ 
by  7  in.  pp.  40. 

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«$  Soveraignty  and  Goodnefs  of 
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^  Ptomifcs  Difplayed:  ^ 

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^          Of  the  Captivity  and  Reftauration  of          |y* 

1   Mrs.  Mary  Rwlandfon.   fj 

^  B> 

^Commended  by  her,  to  all  thnt  dofire  to§i> 
W  Know  the  Lords  Doings  to,  &  Dealings  ft» 
*$  with  her  ,;  efpecially  to  her  dea'c  Chil-^* 

^     dren  and  Relations.  &> 

$§  ---  --  ,  —  g«* 

^Written  by  her  own  Hand,  for  her  private  Ufe.g^ 
^a  and  now  made  PubHck  at  the  eaenelt  DfefTre  of  ^L 
S  fome  Friends,  and  for  the  Benefit  of  the  AflUtterf.  gf 


^econo  Coition. 

^Carefully  Corrected,  and  Purged  from  abundance 
tS  of  Errors  which  efcapcd  in  the  former  Impreffion 

v  *  - 


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1720. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY 


A  fmall  coarfe  woodcut  upon  title  page  reprefents  a  woman  coming  out  of 
a  burning  houfe  with  a  gun  prefented  towards  four  Indians  advancing  with 
uplifted  weapons.  A  copy  at  the  Brinley  Sale,  1879,  brought  $4.25; 
one  at  Manfon  Sale,  1899,  brought  $22. 

1774.  Same  title.  Printed  at  New  London  by  Timo.  Green,  1774. 
fmall  8°.  pp.  48.  A  copy  fold  at  Brinley  Sale  for  $5. 

1791.  Same  Title.     Re-printed  and  fold  by  Thomas  and  John  Fleet,  at 
the  Bible  and  Heart,  Cornhill,  Bofton,  1791.      4^  by  7  in.      pp.  40. 

A  copy  in  Bofton  Athenasum.      This  is  a  reprint  of  the  1773  edition. 

*I792.  Same  title.  Haverhill,  New  Hampfhire  :  Printed  and  Sold  by 
Nathaniel  Coverly  and  Son,  near  the  Court-Houfe.  (Price  One  Shilling.) 
Great  allowance  by  the  grofs  or  dozen.  41^  by  7  in.  pp.  64,  no  date. 

1792.  Same  title.     Amherft,    [New  Hampfhire] :    Printed  and   fold, 
by   Nathaniel    Coverly   and   Son,  near    the   Court-Houfe.      4^    by   7  in. 
pp.  64. 

This,  like  the  Haverhill  edition,  is  a  reprint  of  the  1770  impreffion.  A 
copy  fold  at  the  Brinley  Sale  for  $3.  The  Harvard  Univerfity  Library  has 
a  copy. 

*I794.  Same  title.  Printed  and  fold  by  S.  Hall>  in  Cornhill,  Bofton. 
MDCCXCIV.  4  by  7  in.  pp.  57. 

1794.  Same  title.  [Leominfter.]  Printed  for  Chapman  Whitcomb, 
[of  Lancafter]  n.  d.  3^  by  5^  in.  pp.  56. 

A  copy  is  in  the  American  Antiquarian  Society's  Library,  Worcefter. 

*i8oo.  Same  title.  Bofton.  Re-printed  and  Sold  by  John  and 
Thomas  Fleet,  at  the  Bible  and  Heart,  Cornhill,  1800.  4^  by  71^  in. 
pp.  36. 

This  has  the  woodcut  of  the  1773  edition. 

1805.  Same  title.  Bofton:  Printed  and  Sold  by  Thomas  Fleet, 
1805.  3^  by  6  in.  pp.  36. 

The  American  Antiquarian  Society  and  the  Harvard  Univerfity  Libraries 
have  copies. 

*l8u.  The  |  Captivity  and  Deliverance  |  of  |  Mrs.  Mary  Rowland- 
fon,  of  Lancafter,  |  who  was  taken  by  the  French  and  Indians.  |  Written  by 
herfelf.  |  Brookfield,  Printed  by  Hori  Brown.  From  the  prefs  of  E. 
Merriam  &  Co.  September,  1811.  4  by  6^  in.  pp.  80. 

Appended  to  "The  Captivity  and  Deliverance  of  Mr  John  Williams." 


BIBLIOGRAPHY 


1812.  The  Narrative  and  Rowlandfon  Sermon  were  reprinted,  follow 
ing  the  London  edition  of  1682,  in  Somers'  Trails  VIII,  pp.  554—590. 
London,  1812. 

*i828.  Narrative  |  of  |  the  Captivity  and  Removes  |  of  |  Mrs.  Mary 
Rowlandfon,  |  who  was  taken  by  the  Indians  at  the  deftruftion  of  Lancafter, 
in  1676.  |  Written  by  herfelf.  |  Fifth  Edition.  |  Lancafter:  Publiflied  by 
Carter,  Andrews,  and  Co.  1828.  3^  by  5^  in.  pp.  (XII)  81. 

*i828.  Same  title,  fame  prefs.  Sixth  Edition.  Second  Lancafter 
Edition;  with  an  appendix  containing  the  "  fcandelous  lybell "  by  Jofeph 
Rowlandfon.  31^  by  5^  in.  pp.  100. 

The  two  Lancafter  editions  were  edited  by  Jofeph  Willard,  Efq. 

*i83i.  The  Narrative  fomewhat  condenfed  was  reprinted  in  Farmer 
and  Moore's  Collections,  pp.  105-115  and  137-149.  Concord,  N.  H., 
1831. 

*  1 839— 1854.      Samuel  Gardner  Drake  reprinted  the   Narrative  in  his 
"Indian    Captivities,"    later   called    "Life  in  the  Wigwam,"  pp.   20-60, 
copying  the  Lancafter  edition.     Bofton,  Auburn,  and  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  feveral 
editions.      See  alfo  1842. 

*i84l.  Rev.  Henry  White  reprinted  the  Narrative  in  "The  Early 
Hiftory  of  New  England."  pp.  135-162.  Concord,  N.  H.,  1841. 

1842.  A  reprint  of  the  Narrative  is  in  Samuel  G.  Drake's  "Tragedies 
of  the  Wildernefs."  Bofton,  1842.  pp.  20-60. 

*i853.  A  condenfed  reprint  of  the  Narrative  is  in  "150  Stories  about 
Indians."  pp.  177-192.  Concord,  N.  H.:  Rufus  Merrill.  1853.  2^-6 

b7  3^  »». 

*  1 8  5  3 .      Narrative  |  of  the  |  Captivity,  Sufferings  and  Removes  |  of  | 
Mrs.  Mary  Rowlandfon,  |  who  was  taken  prifoner  by  the  Indians  at  the 
Deftruftion  |  of  Lancafter  in  1675.  I  To  which  is   appended  |  A   Century 
Sermon,  |  preached  at  the   |  Firft  Parifh  in   Lancafter,  May  28,  1753,  | 
By  Rev.  Timothy  Harrington.  |  A   Reprint  from    an    old    edition.   |   Clin 
ton  :    Publimed  by  Ballard  &  Bynner.      1853.       4^   by    7  in.      pp.   52 

(73). 

*i856.  Same  title  as  IJQI  edition.  Reprinted  by  the  Mafs.  Sabbath 
School  Society,  13  Cornhill,  1856.  [Bofton.]  41^  by  7  in.  pp.  122. 

*i857.  John  S.  C.  Abbott's  "Life  of  King  Philip"  includes  the 
Narrative  much  condenfed.  pp.  261-291. 

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NARRATIVE 

O  F    T  HE 
CAPTIVITY,  SUFFERINGS  AND  REMOVES 


O  P 


Mrs.  Mary  Rowland/on, 


Who  was  taken  Prifoner  by  the  INDIANS  with  feveral  ottie?j, 
and  treated  in  the  moft  barbarous  and  cruel  Manner  by  thofe 
vile  Savages  :  With  many  other  remarkable  Events  during  her 
TRAVELS. 

Written  by  her  own  Hand,  for  her  private  Ufe,  and  now  made 
public  at  the  earned  Defire  of  forae  Friends,  and  for  the  Be 
nefit  of  the  affli&ed. 


BOSTON 

Printed  and  Sold  at  JOHN  BOYLE'S  Printing-Office,   next  Dear 
to  the  Tbref  t>ovet  ia  Mariborough- Street     1773. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY 


1859.  A  reprint  of  Rev.  Henry  White's  "  Early  Hiflory  of  New  Eng 
land  "  was  copyrighted  with  the  title  :  " Indian  Battles  :  With  incidents 
in  the  early  hiftory  of  New  England  .  .  .  Containing  thrilling  and  ftirring 
narratives  of  battles,  captivities,  efcapes,  ambufcades,  aflaults,  maffacres,  and 
depredations  of  the  Indians.  The  habits,  cuiloms,  and  traits  of  character 
peculiar  to  the  Indian  race.  The  Life  and  exploits  of  Capt.  Miles  Stand- 
ifh.  The  hiftory  of  King  Philip's  War,  and  perfonal  and  hiftorical  inci 
dents  of  the  Revolutionary  War."  New  York,  n.  d.  The  Rowlandfon 
Narrative  is  found  on  pp.  135-162. 

*i883.  Richard  Markham  in  his  "Hiftory  of  King  Philip's  War," 
N.  Y.,  1883,  reprints  moft  of  the  Narrative,  pp.  177-218. 

*l883.  Same  title  as  Bofton,  1856  edition.  Concord,  N.  H.  Re 
printed  by  the  Republican  Prefs  Affociation  for  Eleanor  S.  Eaftman,  1883. 
4^  by  7  in.  pp.  53. 

*i888.  The  Narrative  is  reprinted  with  illuftrations  in  "Library  of 
Univerfal  Adventure  by  Sea  and  Land,"  compiled  by  W.  D.  Howells  and 
T.  S.  Perry,  N.  Y.  1888,  pp.  42-65. 

*I9OO.  A  reprint  of  the  Cambridge  edition  of  1682  is  in  the  "  Gene 
alogy  of  the  Defcendants  of  John  White  of  Wenham  and  Lancafter,  Mafs.," 
by  Almira  L.  White,  Haverhill,  1900;  Vol.  i,  pp.  763-812,  with  map 
and  illuftrations. 


Rev.  Jofeph  Rowlandfon's  Laft  Sermon 


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THE 

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faking   a   people,        m 

*jjj.  That  have  been  vifibly  near  &  dear  to  him 

TOGETHER, 

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qjg  Set  forth  in  a 

SSERMON.f 

^  Preached  at  ^f^f^^^WjNov.2  T.  ifiyS.  ^ 
^     Being  a  Day  of  FAST  and  HU 
MILIATION- 


By  Mr.  fofeph  RoWlandfon  Paftor  cf  the  g[£ 
Church    of  Chrift    there.      Being 
alio  his  laft  SERMON, 

-  '  -  SO- 

2  C!ir6n.i$.2.  The  Lord  is  ntt  you,  vb&ilefcfo  j^?» 
-with  him,  and  if  ye  fee/^  him,  he  will  be  found,  of  jjlfa 


Hof.9.1  2.  Wo  alfo  to  tbnn.  -when  I  deptn  from  them 


BOSTON    in    NEW-ENGLAVD 
Printed  for  John  naclife,  &  John  Griffin* 

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T0  the  Courteous  READER,  (especially  the  Inhabitants 
of  the  T'own  of  Weathersfield,  and  Lancafter^  in  New 
England.} 

GODS  forfaking  of  fuch  as  he  hath  been  near  to,  is 
a  thing  of  fuch  weight,  and  folemnity,  and  hath 
fuch  bitter  effecls,  that  it  is  a  meet  fubjecT:,  (efpe- 
cially  in  a  dark  and  mourning  day)  for  Minifters  to  fpeak 
to,  and  for  People  to  hear  of;  that  the  one  may  warn  of 
the  danger,  and  the  other  avoid  the  judgement.  As  God's 
prefence  is  the  greateft  glory  to  a  People  on  this  fide 
Heaven,  fo  his  abfence  is  the  greateft  mifery  on  this  fide 
hell ;  this  therefore  muft  needs  be  a  concerning  point,  to 
fuch  as  will  concern  themfelves  in  their  concernments. 
The  enfuing  Sermon  will  appear  a  folemn  word,  if  duely 
confidered;  the  fubject  matter  is  very  folemn  and  weighty, 
(Treating  of  God's  being  with,  or  forfaking  a  people)  the 
time  when  it  was  delivered  was  a  folemn  time,  (a  day  of 
Faft  throughout  the  Colonies)  the  Reverend  Author  that 
Compofed,  and  Preached  it,  was  one  folemn  and  ferious 
above  many  others,  and  that  which  adds  one  great  circum- 
ftance  to  its  folemnity,  is  in  that  it  was  the  laft  word  he 
fpake  to  the  World,  being  but  about  two  dayes  before  he 
left  it.  As  it  is  folemn,  fo  'tis  feafonable,  and  pertinent. 
It  is  a  time  wherein  we  have  given  God  juft  caufe  to  for- 
fake  us,  a  time  wherein  God  is  threatning  to  forfake  us. 
A  time  wherein  God  hath  in  fome  meafure  forfaken  us 
already,  and  what  can  be  more  feafonable,  than  to  fhew 


INTRODUCTION 

the  evils  that  befall  a  forfaken  People,  that  we  may  yet  be 
awakened,  and  return,  that  the  Lord  do  not  forfake  us 
utterly. 

As  for  the  Reverend  Author,  there  needs  nothing  to  be 
faid  in  his  commendation,  he  was  known  amongft  the 
Churches  in  the  Wildernefs,  and  known  to  be  a  workman 
that  needed  not  to  be  afhamed.  That  his  Name  (which 
was  fometimes  precious  amongft  thofe  that  knew  him)  may 
not  be  forgot,  and  that  being  dead,  he  may  yet  fpeak  to  a 
land  that  have  in  fome  meafure  forfook  their  God,  and  are 
in  danger  of  being  forfaken,  it  is  the  ground-work  of  the 
publifhing  this  fmall  part  of  his  labours.  It  is  commended 
efpecially  to  the  perufal  of  the  Inhabitants  of  Lancafter  and 
Weathersfield ;  He  was  a  Man  well  known  to  you,  the 
one  had  his  Life,  and  the  other  his  death,  and  both  his 
lofs,  you  cannot  eafily  forget  his  name,  and  't  is  defired 
that  you  may  not  forget  the  labour  and  travel,  he  hath  had 
amongft  you;  the  word  which  he  Preached  to  you  was 
acceptable  whilft  he  was  living,  and  it  is  prefumed  it  will 
be  accepted  with  the  like  candor  now  he  is  dead.  Indeed 
had  it  been  intended,  and  fitted  by  himfelf  for  the  Prefs, 
you  might  have  expe6ted,  and  found  it  more  large,  and 
polifhed ;  but  as  it  is,  it  is  thought  fit,  not  to  be  loft,  and 
may  be  of  great  ufe,  and  benefit,  to  open  to  us  the  danger 
of  forfaking  God,  to  humble  us  for  all  our  coolings,  and 
declinings  from  God,  to  quicken  us  in  our  return  to,  and 
clofe  walking  with  God,  and  that  it  may  attain  this  end, 
is  the  hearts  defire,  and  prayer  of  him,  who  abundantly 
wi(hes  thy  welfare,  and  profperity  in  Chrift  Jefus. 

B.  VV. 
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THE    LAST    SERMON    OF 

REVEREND  JOSEPH  ROWLANDSON 

JEREMIAH  23.  33. 

And  when  this  People,  or  the  Prophet,  or  a  Prieft,  (hall  aflc  thee, 
faying,  what  is  the  burden  of  the  Lord  ?  thou  (halt  then  fay  unto 
them,  what  burden  ?  I  will  even  forfake  you  ;  faith  the  Lord. 

In  the  Words,  there  lies  before  us,  (Firft)  A  Queftion, 
fuppofed,  to  be  propounded,  wherein  there  is  two  things : 
i.  The  Queftionifts,  this  People,  or  a  Prophet,  or  a  Prieft. 
1.  The  Queflion  itfelf,  or  the  matter  of  it,  What  is  the 
burden  of  the  Lord  ?  (Secondly,)  There  is  an  Anfwer,  and 
a  folemn  Anfwer  too,  which  is  put  into  his  mouth  by  the 
Lord,  and  which  he  is  to  return  as  the  Lord's  Anfwer  to 
the  Queftion  ?  thou  malt  then  fay  unto  them,  what  bur 
den  ?  I  will  even  forfake  you,  faith  the  Lord. 

In  which  Anfwer  there  is  three  things. 

1.  An  expreffion  of  Indignation,  What  burden? 

2.  An  affertion  by  way  of  Anfwer  to  the  queftion,  I  will 
forfake  you. 

3.  A  Seal  of  ratification,  in  the  laft  words,   Saith  the 
Lord. 

God  having  before  dealt  with  the  Paflors,  that  did  de- 
ftroy,  and  fcatter  the  flock,  as  in  the  beginning  of  the 

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ROWLANDSON'S     FAST     DAY    SERMON 

Chapter,  Wo  be  to  the  Paflors  that  deftroy  and  fcatter 
the  fheep  of  my  pafture,  &  ver.  2.  I  will  vifit  upon  you 
the  evil  of  your  doings,  faith  the  Lord,  and  alfo  with  the 
falfe  Prophets,  that  prophefied  lies  in  his  Name,  as  ver.  9. 
My  heart  within  me  is  broken  becaufe  of  the  prophets,  & 
ver.  32.  Behold  I  am  againft  them,  that  prophefie  falfe 
dreams,  faith  the  Lord,  and  do  tell  them,  and  caufe  my 
people  to  erre  by  their  lies,  and  by  their  lightnefs ;  which 
fort  of  Prophets  went  without  their  Commiffion,  as  ver.  21. 
I  have  not  fent  thefe  Prophets  yet  they  ran.  He  proceeds 
from  the  head  Rulers,  to  the  people  that  were  feduced  by 
them  ;  for  by  this  means  their  hands  were  ftrengthened  in 
fin,  fo  as  that  they  did  not  return  from  their  wickednefs, 
as  ver.  14.  It  was  a  ufual  thing  for  the  Prophets  of  the 
Lord,  to  begin  their  Sermons  (the  matter  whereof  was  mina 
tory,  wherein  the  Lord  threatned  them  with  juft  judgements) 
with  that  Phrafe,  the  burden  of  the  Lord,  as  will  eafily 
appear  if  you  confult  Ifai.  13.  i  &  15,  i  &  22,  I  &  30. 
6.  Now  they  do  in  the  words  of  the  Text,  or  are  fuppofed 
in  mockery  to  demand,  what  Burden  he  had  from  the 
Lord,  for  them.  For  the  opening  of  the  words,  And  ;  or 
moreover  becaufe  he  here  enters  upon  new  matter  ;  this 
People,  or  the  prophane  fort  of  them,  whom  the  falfe 
Prophets  had  feduced  to  which  he  joyns  the  Prophet,  and 
the  Prieft,  in  that  they  were  alike  prophane,  as  ver.  n.  for 
both  Prophet  and  Prieft  are  prophane,  yea  in  my  houfe, 
faith  the  Lord  :  and  when  Prophets  are  prophane  there  is 
wont  to  be  a  pack  of  them,  as  Jer.  5.  31.  The  Prophets 
prophefies  falfly,  and  the  Priefts  bear  rule  by  their  means, 
and  my  people  love  to  have  it  fo :  (hall  afk  thee,  faying, 

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ROWLANDSON'S    FAST    DAY    SERMON 

viz.  in  a  deriding  way,  not  out  of  a  holy  end,  or  defire, 
What  is  the  burden  of  the  Lord  ?  or  from  the  Lord  ?  fo 
were  the  prophefies  ftiled,  that  contained  in  them,  Threat- 
nings,  Judgements,  and  Plagues,  2  King.  9.  25.  as  if  they 
had  faid,  what  haft  thou  further  mifchief  in  thy  head  to 
declare  ?  further  Woes  and  Threatnings  to  pronounce  ? 
haft  thou  nothing  elfe  to  prophefie,  but  Mifchief  and 
Calamity?  What  is  the  burden  now?  Thou  {halt  then 
fay  unto  them,  the  Lord  knew  what  they  would  fay  to  him, 
and  tells  him  what  he  fhould  fay,  by  way  of  reply,  What 
burden  ?  a  retorting  by  way  of  holy  indignation ;  afk  ye 
indeed  what  burden  ?  and  that  in  a  way  of  derifion  ?  are 
you  of  that  ftrain,  and  fpirit  ?  I  will  even  forfake  you 
faith  the  Lord :  a  burden  heavy  enough,  and  you  are  like 
to  feel  it  fo  ere  long,  heavy  enough  to  break  your  Backs, 
to  break  your  Church,  and  your  Common  wealth,  and  to 
fink  your  haughty  Spirits,  when  this  Burden  ftiall  come 
upon  you,  in  its  force  and  weight. 

Doct.  That  the  Lord  may  even  forfake  a  People  that 
have  been  near  to  him,  and  he  hath  been  near  to,  though 
for  the  Lord  thus  to  do,  is  as  fearful  and  hideous  a  judge 
ment  as  can  be  inflicted  on  any  People. 

The  Doctrine  is  double,  it  hath  two  parts : 

Firft,  That  the  Lord  may  do  thus. 

Secondly,  when  he  doth,  it  is  a  very  fad  and  heavy 
burden.  It  may  be  profecuted  as  two  diftinft  points. 

i.  God  may  forfake  a  People  that  hath  been  near  to 
him,  and  that  he  hath  been  near  to.  This  may  be  fpoken 
to  in  this  order. 

i.  What  is  meant  by  God's  forfaking  a  People. 

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ROWLANDSON'S    FAST    DAY    SERMON 

2.  How  may  it  appear  that  God  may  forfake,  even  fuch 

a  People  as  the  point  fpeaks  of? 

3.  The  Reafons. 

4.  The  ufe. 

i.  What  doth    Gods    forfaking  mean  ?    what  is   in 
tended  thereby  ? 

Sol.  It  means  Gods  withdrawing  himfelf,  as  the  Prophet 
Hofea  phraifes  it,  Hos.  5.  6.  They  fhall  go  with  their 
Flocks  and  their  Herds  to  feek  the  Lord,  but  fhall  not 
find  him,  he  hath  withdrawn  himfelf  from  them.  They 
fhall  feek  him,  and  not  find  him,  and  there  is  a  good  reafon, 
he  hath  withdrawn  himfelf,  he  is  gone,  in  refpedl  of  his 
gracious  prefence.  We  muft  here  difUnguifh  betwixt  God's 
general  prefence  and  his  gracious  prefence.  In  refpect  of 
his  general  prefence,  he  is  not  far  from  any  one  of  us,  for 
in  him  we  live,  and  move,  and  have  our  being,  Act.  17, 
27,  28.  We  have  not  only  our  beginning  from,  but  our 
being  in  him.  As  the  beam  hath  its  being  in  the  fun.  Of 
this  general  prefence  of  God,  we  read,  Pfal.  149.  7.  There 
is  no  flying  from  it.  Whither  (hall  I  go  from  the  Spirit, 
or  whither  fhall  I  flie  from  thy  prefence?  In  this  fenfe 
God  is  every  where,  as  it  is  ver.  8,  &  9.  If  I  afcend  up 
into  Heaven  thou  art  there;  if  I  make  my  bed  in  Hell, 
behold  thou  art  there.  He  fills  Heaven  and  Earth,  and 
there  is  no  hiding  from  him,  Jer.  23,  24.  Can  any  hide 
himfelf  in  fecret  places,  that  I  fhall  not  fee  him,  ?  faith  the 
Lord  do  not  I  fill  Heaven  and  Earth  ?  faith  the  Lord. 
He  hath  Heaven  for  his  Throne,  and  the  Earth  for  his 
Footflool3  as  it  is,  Ifai.  66.  i.  This  general  prefence  of 

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ROWLANDSON'S    FAST    DAY    SERMON 

God,   if  believingly  apprehended,   and   ftrongly  believed, 
might  be  of  great  ufe. 

But  it  is  not  this  general  prefence  that  is  meant :  but 
his  efpecial  prefence,  his  favourable  and  gracious  prefence, 
the  removing  whereof,  is  that  that  is  intended,  by  the  for- 
faking  that  the  Text  and  Point  fpeaks  of.  God  is  faid  to 
forfake  a  People  two  wayes. 

1.  As  to  Affedion. 

2.  As  to  A6lion. 

1.  As  to  Affecftion,  when  he  difcontinues  his  love   to 
them,  when  he  takes  away  his  love  from  a  people,  then  he 
takes  his  leave  of  a  people.     My  mind  is  not  toward  this 
people,   Jer.    15.    i.   a   very    heavy   Judgement,   and    fad 
removal.     Be  inflructed  O  Jerufalem,  leaft  my  foul  depart 
from  thee. 

2.  As  to  A6lion,  when  God  takes  away  the  figns  of  his 
prefence. 

1.  When  he  takes  away  merciful  and  gracious  provi 
dences,  when  he  carries  not  towards  them  as  he  was  wont 
to  do:  but  vexes  them  with  all  manner  of  adverfity,  Deut. 
31.  17.     I  will  forfake  them,  and  many  evils  and  troubles 
fhall  befal  them  :    when  he  ceafes  to  prote6t  them  from 
evils,  and  enemies,  as  in  times  pafb,  and  provides  not  for 
them,  as  he  was  wont  to  do.     When  he  takes  away  his 
Ordinances,  and  bereaves  a  people  of  the  glorious  things 
of  his  houfe ;  or  takes  away  his  fpirit  from  accompanying 
them,  whereby   the  glory  ceafes,  and  the  ordinances    are 
rendered  ineffectual  for  the  faving  good  of  a  people. 

2.  How  may  it  appear  that  God  may  forfake  fuch  a 
People  ? 


ROWLANDSON'S    FAST    DAY    SERMON 

It  may  appear  by  what  God  hath  threatned.  What  God 
hath  threatned,  to  fuch  as  the  point  fpeaks  of,  may  be 
infli6ted  on  them:  but  God  hath  threatned  fuch  judgement 
to  fuch  a  people.  My  anger  fhall  be  kindled  againft;  them, 
and  I  will  forfake  them,  as  near  as  they  are  to  me,  and  as 
dear  as  they  have  been  to  me,  Deut.  31.  17.  Many  fuch 
threatnings  are  found  in  the  Scripture  againft  Ifrael,  who 
are  {tiled  a  people  near  unto  him. 

In  that  fuch  as  have  been  near  to  God,  and  he  near  to 
them,  have  complained  of  their  being  forfaken  by  God. 
Thou  haft  forfaken  us,  is  one  of  the  bitter  moans,  on 
record,  that  the  Church  of  God  did  often  make  unto  him. 

What  God  hath  infli6ted  on  fuch,  may  be  inflicted  on 
fuch  again ;  what  God  hath  done  to  fome,  he  may  do  to 
others,  in  the  fame  Itate,  and  relation :  for  he  is  unchange 
able.  Thofe  that  were  once  the  only  peculiar  people  of 
God,  near  to  God,  and  had  God  near  to  them,  yet  what  is 
their  condition  at  this  day  ?  A  forfaken  condition,  is  the 
condition,  of  the  Off-fpring  of  Abraham  Gods  Friend,  a 
feed  whom  he  had  chofen,  and  hath  been  fo,  for  above 
fixteen  hundred  years.  God  hath  been  angry  with  them, 
and  forfaken  them,  as  they  were  foretold  long  ago.  How 
is  it  with  the  Churches  of  Afia,  that  were  once  famous 
golden  Candlefticks  ?  that  had  Epiftles  written  to  them. 
Are  they  not  in  a  forfaken  condition  ?  not  the  face  of  a 
Church  to  be  found  amongft  them. 

In  that  they  may  do  that,  which  may  deferve  a  forfak- 
ing,  therefore  they  may  do  that  which  may  adtually  procure 
it.  They  may  do  that  which  may  deferve  a  forfaking,  they 
may  through  the  corruption  and  unbelief  of  their  hearts 


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forfake  God,  and  God  may  in  juft  judgement  retaliate,  and 
thereupon  forfake  them.  This  is  fpoken  to  in  the  fore- 
quoted  place,  Deut.  31.  16,  17.  They  will  forfake  me, 
and  break  my  Covenant  which  I  have  made  with  them  : 
then  my  anger  fhall  be  kindled  againft  them  in  that  day, 
and  I  will  forfake  them,  and  hide  my  face  from  them.  So 
again,  2  Chron.  15.  2.  But  if  you  forfake  him  he  will 
forfake  you ;  the  firft  is  fuppofed,  if  you  forfake  him,  the 
latter  is  impofed,  he  will  forfake  you  : 

But  why  doth  the  Lord  forfake  fuch  a  People  ?  The 
Reafons  : 

1.  To  fhew  that  he  hath  no  need  of  any,  he  hath  for- 
faken  many,  and  may  forfake  many  more,  to  fliew  that  he 
hath  no  need  of  any.     God  would  have  all  the  world  to 
take  notice,  (that  though  all  men  have  need  of  him,  yet) 
he  hath  no  need  of  any  man. 

2.  To  teftifie  his  San6lity,  and  feverity  againft  fin.      He 
will  not  fpare  them,  that  have  been  near  him,  if  they  will 
not  fpare  their  fin  for  him.     He  is  a  holy  God,  and  if  they 
will  have  their  fins,  and  their  lufls,  and  their  wayes,  and 
their  lovers,  he  will  vindicate  his  holinefs,  by  inflicting  this 
judgement  on  them. 

3.  To  be  a  warning  to  all  that  enjoy  his  gracious  pref- 
ence.     That  they  fee  that  they  make  much  of  it,  and  that 
they  take  heed  that  they  do  not  fin  againft  him,  and  for 
fake  him,  and  provoke  him  to  forfake  them  alfo. 

Caut.  The  point  is  to  be  underftood  of  a  people  that 
are  vifibly  and  externally  near  and  dear  to  him,  and  thefe 
may  be  totally  and  finally  forfaken  of  God:  and  yet  here 
it  muft  be  noted,  that  God  may  exercife  a  deal  of  patience, 

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and  forbearance  toward  fuch  as  he  is  about  to  forfake,  he 
did  fo  with  the  old  world,  he  did  fo  with  the  Ifraelites  of 
old,  he  did  fo  with  the  feven  Churches  of  Afia :  he  is  not 
wont  fuddenly,  and  at  once  to  forfake  a  people,  that  have 
been  near  and  dear  to  him  ;  but  he  is  wont  to  give  them 
warning,  and  in  patience  to  bear  a  while  with  their  for- 
wardnefs,  and  wait  to  fee  if  there  be  any  returning  to  him, 
before  he  doth  inflicft  this  heavy  and  fharp  judgement. 

Ufe.  It  ferves  to  admonifh  us,  not  to  bear  ourfelves 
too  high,  upon  the  account  of  priviledges.  It  is  a  great 
priviledge  to  have  the  Lord  near  us,  and  to  be  near  unto 
him  :  and  fome  lean  upon  this  though  they  abide  in  their 
fin,  Micah  3.  10,  n.  They  build  up  Sion  with  blood, 
and  Jerufalem  with  iniquity,  yet  will  they  lean  upon  the 
Lord,  and  fay,  is  not  the  Lord  amongft  us  ?  But  if  our 
deportment  be  not  according  to  our  priviledges,  if  we  do 
not  carry  it  thereafter,  by  becoming  an  humble,  fruitful, 
and  holy  people;  the  Lord  will  bring  forth  this  heavy 
burden  againft  us,  we  fhall  be  rejected,  and  forfaken  of  the 
Lord,  whatever  our  external  priviledges  be. 

But  the  fecond  part  of  the  Doctrine ;  or  the  fecond 
Do6lrine  may  now  be  fpoken  to,  viz. 

That  it  is  the  heavieil  burden,  or  the  forefl  of  Judge 
ments  for  the  Lord  to  forfake  a  people. 

There  may  be  two  things  fpoken  to  in  the  management 
of  the  Truth. 

i.  Arguments  to  evidence  it.     2.   The  Ufes  of  it. 

i.  If  God  hath  threatned  it  as  a  very  fore  judgement, 
then  fure  it  is  fo.  Now  when  God  hath  been  angry  with 
a  people,  he  hath  manifefted  the  fame  by  menacing  them 

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with  his  forfaking  them :  when  he  hath  been  defigned  to 
do  them  a  deep  difpleafure,  upon  the  account  of  fome  high 
provocation  he  is  wont  to  threaten  them  not  by  taking 
away  this,  or  that  outward  comfort  from  them  ;  but  by 
taking  away  himfelf  from  them.  And  that  is  a  woe  indeed, 
a  woe  with  a  witnefs,  Hos.  9.  12.  Yea,  woe  alfo  to  them, 
when  I  depart  from  them  :  this  is  the  wofulleft  day  that 
fuch  a  people  are  wont  to  meet  with. 

2.  Gods  forfaking  a  people  is  a  fore  judgement,  in  that 
it  expofes  them  to  all  judgements.     Sin  is  a  great  evil  in 
that  it  expofes  to  all  evil,  this  is  a  great  evil  of  punifhment, 
in  that  it  expofes  to  all  punifhments. 

If  God  be  gone,  our  guard  is  gone,  and  we  are  as  a  City, 
in  the  midft  of  Enemies,  whofe  walls  are  broken  down. 
Our  ftrength  to  make  refiftance,  that 's  Gone,  for  God  is 
our  ftrength,  as  a  carcafe  without  life,  is  a  prey,  to  beafts 
of  prey ;  fo  are  a  people  forfaken  of  their  God,  to  all  their 
devouring  enemies,  and  to  infernal,  and  curfed  fpirits : 
they  are  expofed  to  mifchief,  and  the  malice  of  all  their  ma 
lignant  enemies.  When  the  Lord  had  forfaken  Jerufalem, 
the  Romans  quickly  made  a  prey  of  it ;  when  they  were 
deftitute  of  God,  their  habitation  became  defolate.  There 
is  not  Prote<5tion  to  a  People,  whom  the  Lord  forfakes ; 
but  they  are  perplexed  on  every  fide. 

3.  Becaufe  the  evils  that  are  on  fuch,  whom  God  hath 
forfaken,  they  are  only  evils.     The  Prophet  Ezekiel  fome- 
time  hath  the  expreflion,  Ezek.  7.  5.    Thus  faith  the  Lord 
God,  an  evil,  an  only  evil  behold  is  come.     This  is  fuch 
an  evil,  an  only  evil  to  a  people.     An  evil  whilft  God  is 
prefent,  may  have  much  good  in  it,  the  Lord  may  fandlifie 

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it  for  abundance  of  bleffing :  there  is  hopes  of  this  whilft 
the  Lord  continues  amongft  them  ;  but  if  he  be  gone,  it  is 
an  only  evil,  and  the  evils  that  come  upon  them  are  fuch, 
they  have  nothing  but  evil  in  them. 

4.  Becaufe  no  creature  can  then  afford   any  help  ;    for 
what  can  creatures  do  when  God  is  departed,  he  makes  the 
creatures  ufeful  and  helpful,  but  without  him  they  can  do 
us  no  good,  ftand  us  in  no  ftead :  they  may  fay  to  thee  as 
the  King  of  Ifrael,  faid  to  the  woman,   that  cried   Help 
O   King,  He  anfwered,  If  the   Lord  dont   help,  whence 
mail  I  help  thee  ?  all  creatures  may  fay  if  God  be  departed, 
we  cannot  help  :   Nay  the  very  Devil  cannot  help  if  God 
be  gone:    when  God  departed  from  Saul,  he  fought  help 
from   the   Devil,   i    Sam.   28.   15.     Wherefore  (faith    the 
Devil)   afkeft   thou  of  me  ?    feeing  the  Lord  is  departed 
from  thee. 

5.  It  appears  to  be  a  fore  judgement,  by  the  anguifh  and 
diftrefs,  that  fuch  have  been  in,  that  have  been  fenfible  that 
God  hath  forfaken  them.     Sin  hath  flown  in  the  face  of 
fuch,  and  terified  them  :   Oh  the  blefled  God  is  gone,  and 
if  he  is  gone,  mercy   is  gone ;   and  Oh  for  fuch  and  fuch 
fins,  that  lie  upon  me !    what  mall   I   do  ?    what  a  moan 
have  Saints   themfelves   made   in  fuch  a  cafe  ?    as  David, 
Pfal.  22.  i,  2.      My  God,   my  God,  why  haft  thou  for 
faken    me  ?    why  art  thou  fo  far  from  helping  me  ?    and 
from  the  words  of  my  roaring  ?     Oh  my  God,  I  cry  in 
the  day  time,  but  thou  heareft  not,  and  in  the  night  feafon, 
and  am  not  filent.     Oh  how  Saul  roared  out  in  his  dif 
trefs  !    and  that  on  this  account  efpecially,  that  God  was 
departed  from  him,  not  fo  much  that  the  Philiftines  were 

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upon  him,  had  not  God  been  gone,  he  could  have  dealt 
well  enough  with  them  ;  but  here  was  the  mifery,  and  the 
fling  of  the  mifery,  God  was  departed  from  him. 

6.  It  is  a  fore  punifhment,  in  that  it  is  a  great  part  of 
the  punifhment  of  Hell.  The  effential  parts  of  that  pun 
ifhment,  is  pain  of  lofs,  and  fenfe,  and  the  former  fome 
reckon  the  greater. 

Ufe  i.  How  foolifli  are  finners  that  do  even  bid  God 
depart  from  them?  as  we  read,  Job  21.  14.  Therefore 
they  fay  unto  God,  depart  from  us,  for  we  defire  not  the 
knowledge  of  thy  wayes.  But  do  they  know  what  they 
fay?  Oh  finners  is  this  your  wifh  ?  if  it  be  granted  it 
will  prove  your  woe  for  ever.  Happily  Gods  prefence  is 
now  your  trouble ;  but  I  tell  you  his  abfence  would  be 
your  torment. 

2.  Se  here  what  an  evil  it  is  to  forfake  God,  is  it  a 
judgement  of  judgements,  to  be  forfaken  of  God  ?  furely 
then  it  is  the  fin  of  fins  to  forfake  him  :  the  evil  of  pun 
ifhment  is  in  being  left  by  God,  and  the  evil  of  fin  is  in 
leaving  God.  What,  forfake  God,  who  is  our  only  good  ? 
God  who  made  us,  and  poffefl  us  from  our  beginning, 
God  that  hath  been  the  guid  of  our  Youth,  that  hath  been 
good  to  us,  and  fed  us  all  our  dayes  ?  Jer.  i.  19.  Know 
therefore  and  fee,  that  it  is  an  evil  thing  and  bitter,  that 
thou  haft  forfaken  the  Lord  thy  God.  And  there  is  an 
aggravation  of  it,  ver.  17.  Thou  haft  forfaken  the  Lord 
thy  God,  when  he  led  thee  by  the  way.  As  a  guid  to  dire6t 
thee,  as  a  flaffe  to  fupport  thee,  as  a  convoy  to  guard  thee, 
as  a  Father  to  provide  for  thee,  that  thou  haft  wanted 
nothing:  well  may  it  be  faid,  how  evil  and  bitter  a  thing 

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is  it,  that  them  haft  forfaken  the  Lord  ?  He  adds  In  the 
31.  verfe.  Oh  Generation  !  Generation  of  what  ?  of  what 
you  will ;  God  leaves  a  fpace  that  you  may  write,  what  you 
pleafe,  generation  of  Vipers,  or  Monflers,  or  any  thing 
rather  than  generation  of  Gods  people.  See  ye  the  word 
of  the  Lord,  behold  your  face  in  that  Glafs.  So  your 
cauflefs  apoftafies,  have  I  been  a  wildernefs  unto  Ifrael  ? 
Have  you  wanted  any  thing,  Oh  ye  degenerating  crooked, 
and  wilful  generation  ?  God  may  fay  to  fuch  finners, 
as  Pharaoh  to  Hadad,  when  he  would  be  gone,  i  King. 
ii.  22.  But  what  haft  thou  lacked  with  me,  that  thou 
feekeft  to  be  gone  ?  what  haft  thou  lacked  finner,  that 
thou  feekeft  to  be  gone  from  the  Lord  ?  The  finner  muft 
anfwer  with  him,  nothing  howbeit  let  me  go  in  any  wife. 
He  came  to  him  in  his  diftrefs,  and  when  his  turn  was 
anfwered,  away  he  packs.  They  forfake  becaufe  they  will 
forfake. 

3.  Wonder  not  that  Gods  Saints  have  been  fo  folicitous 
with  him,  not  to  forfake  them.    Thus  David,  Pfal.  119.  8. 
Oh  forfake  me  not  utterly.     He  might  well  be  folicitous 
in  this  matter,  for  he  underftood  what  it  was  to  be  forfaken 
of  the  Lord.     They  prefs  hard  with  the  Lord  whatever  he 
doth  he  would  not  leave  them,  nor  forfake  them,  Jer.  14.  9. 
Leave  us   not.     And   no   wonder,  there  are  fuch  moans, 
when  the  Lord  may  have  feemed,  to  have  forfaken  them. 

4.  If  Gods  forfaking  be  fo  fore  a  judgement,  it  fhould 
make  us  more  cautelous,  and  wary  leaft  we  pull  down  this 
judgement  on  our  heads.     Men  fhould  be  afraid  of  this 
heavieft  of  judgements,  more  than  the  Child  of  whipping. 

5.  Let  Gods  dear  ones  take  heed  of  concluding  againft 


ROWLANDSON'S    FAST    DAY    SERMON 

themfelves,  that  they  are  under  this  judgement.  They  are 
readieft  to  conclude  againft  themfelves,  and  yet  really  in 
the  leaft  danger.  Thus  we  read,  Ifa.  49.  14.  But  Zion 
faid,  the  Lord  hath  forfaken  me,  and  my  Lord  hath  for 
gotten  me.  But  why  faid  Zion  fo  ?  it  was  from  diffidence  : 
as  Saints  do  not  forfake  God  as  others  do,  Pfal.  18.  21. 
I  have  not  wickedly  departed  from  my  God ;  fo  God  will 
not  forfake  them  as  he  forfakes  others  not  utterly  forfake 
them:  His  forfaking  of  his  is  but  temporary,  and  partial. 
But  here  a  queftion  may  be  moved  what  is  the  difference 
betwixt  a  iinner  forfaken  and  a  Saint  forfaken  ?  for  the 
Lord  doth  not  forfake  both  alike. 

1.  When  God  forfakes  his  own,  yet  they  cry  after  him, 
he  withdraws  himfelf  from  them  fometimes,  yet  fo  as  that 
he  draws  their  hearts  after  him  as  a  mother  may  hide  away 
from  her  Child,  that  it  may  feek  and  cry  the  more  earneftly 
after  her. 

2.  They  retain  good  thoughts  of  him  in  his  withdraw- 
ment,  or  abfence.    As  the  Spoufe  in  the  Canticles,  fhe  calls 
him   her  beloved  ftill.     As  the   faithful  wife :    fhe  retains 
good  thoughts  of  her  hufband,  and  keeps  up  her  refpedt, 
though  he  be  gone  from  home  but  the  wicked  when  the 
Lord  forfakes  them,  harbour  hard   thoughts  of  him.     Is 
this  to  ferve  the  Lord,  and  walk  in  his  wayes  ?  what  good 
have  I  got  by  all  I  have  done  ?  fee  how  he  hath  ferved  me. 

3.  They  will  feek  him,  till  he  return  again,  when  the 
Lord  forfakes  others,  they  will  feek  after  vanities,  to  make 
up  the  want  of  God's   prefence.     The  Adultrefs   in    her 
Hufbands  abfence,  will  feek  after  other  lovers.     The  true 
Saint  will  be  fatisfied  in  nothing  elfe  but  the  Lord  till  he 

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return.  Moreover  there  is  a  difference  in  Gods  forfaking 
the  finner  and  the  Saint,  when  he  forfakes  the  wicked  they 
are  left  in  darknefs:  but  when  he  withdraws  himfelf  from 
his  own  he  leaves  fome  light,  whereby  they  fee  which  way 
he  is  gone,  he  leaves  fome  glimmering  light,  by  which  they 
may  follow  after  him,  and  find  him. 

And  again,  when  he  leaves  his  own,  yet  his  bowels  are 
towards  them,  Jer.  31.  20.  My  bowels  are  troubled  for 
him,  I  will  furely  have  mercy  upon  him,  faith  the  Lord. 
He  hath  an  eye  towards  them  for  much  good,  in  his 
forfaking  them. 

Use  2.  Of  Exhortation:  i.  To  thankfulnefs  to  God, 
for  that  he  hath  not  yet  forfaken  us.  Whatever  he  hath 
ftript  us  off,  he  hath  not  yet  flript  us  off  himfelf,  he  hath 
not  as  yet  forfaken  us.  He  might  have  done  it,  and  have 
done  us  no  wrong ;  but  he  hath  not  yet  done  it. 

2.  To  do  our  utmoft  that  he  may  not  forfake  us.  And 
here  there  may  be  added  Motives  and  Means. 

i.  Confider  God's  lothnefs  to  forfake  us.  This  is  a 
thing  that  he  is  not  defirous  of,  he  doth  not  willingly 
afflict  us  with  this  fort  of  Affliction,  or  grieve  us  with  this 
grievous  flroak.  God  hath  mewed  himfelf  loth  to  depart 
from  thofe  that  have  departed  from  him  ;  but  have  warned 
them  of  his  difpleafure,  that  they  might  flay  him.  It  goes 
near  Gods  heart  to  forfake  a  People  that  have  been  near 
to  him.  Methinks  I  hear  him  faying  thus,  How  mall  I 
give  thee  up,  Oh  New-England!  thence  fpeaking  to  warn 
us,  of  our  forfakings  of  him,  and  to  be  inflru6ted,  why  ? 
leafl  his  Spirit  depart  from  us,  Jer.  6.  8.  Be  thou  inflructed 
Oh  Jerufalem,  leafl  my  Soul  depart  from  thee,  leafl  I  make 

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thee  defolate,  a  land  not  inhabited.  You  may  eafily  flay 
him,  the  matter  is  not  fo  far  gone,  but  you  might  yet  flay 
him :  were  we  but  as  loth  he  fhould  forfake  us,  as  he  is  to 
forfake  us,  he  would  never  leave  us.  His  gradual  motions 
from  a  people  argue  his  lothnefs,  and  unwillingnefs  to 
leave  them. 

2.  Confider  what  the  Lord  is  to  us,  or  what  relation  he 
flands  in  to  us,  while  he  is  with  us.  He  is  our  friend,  we 
have  found  him  to  be  fo,  and  a  fpecial  friend  too :  men 
in  the  World  are  not  willing  to  forego  a  Friend,  a  good 
Friend :  he  is  as  faithful,  fkilful,  powerful,  and  tender 
hearted  a  Friend  as  ever  a  people  had,  he  fluck  by  us  when 
alfo  we  had  been  in  a  woe  cafe,  Pfal.  124.  i.  If  it  had 
not  been  the  Lord,  who  was  on  our  fide  may  Ifrael  now 
fay.  And  had  not  the  Lord  been  on  our  fide,  may  New- 
England  now  fay.  He  is  a  Father,  and  a  tender-hearted 
Father,  Ifai.  63.  16,  Doubtlefs  thou  art  our  Father.  Can 
children  be  willing  their  Father  fhould  leave  them  ?  he  is 
a  Hufband,  Ifai.  54.  5.  For  thy  Maker  is  thy  Hufband, 
a  loving,  careful,  tender  hufband  too ;  can  the  Wife  be 
willing  to  part  with  her  Hufband  ?  if  the  Lord  forfake  us, 
we  are  bereft  of  our  friend,  left  friendlefs,  he  is  all  friends 
in  one,  none  can  be  our  friend,  if  he  be  not.  If  he  leave 
us,  we  mail  be  as  Orphans,  for  he  is  related  as  a  Father, 
and  how  fad  is  the  flate  of  poor  Orphans  :  and  we  mail  be 
in  a  flate  of  Widow-hood,  a  very  folitary,  and  forrowful 
flate.  He  is  our  guide,  and  our  pilot;  what  will  become 
of  the  blind  if  their  guid  leave  them  ?  and  what  will  be 
come  of  the  Ship  if  the  Pilot  defert  it  ?  thus  the  Lord  is 
to  his,  and  well  may  he  fay,  as  Mic.  6.  3.  Oh  my  People 

[HI] 


what  have  I  done  ?  or  wherein  have  I  wearied  thee,  or 
given  thee  any  caufe  to  be  weary  of  me. 

3.  Confider  there  are  fhrewd  figns  of  Gods  intent  to 
leave  us,  unlefs  fomewhat  can  be  done.  If  you  enquire 
what  ?  I  anfwer  : 

i.  The  fins  for  which  God  hath  forfaken  others  are  rife 
amongft  us.  The  fins  for  which  God  forfook  the  Jews, 
are  our  fins. 

1.  Horrid  Pride,  Hos.  5.  5.     The  Pride  of  Ifrael  doth 
teftifie  to  his  face.     Pride  in  Parts,  and  pride  of  Hearts, 
pride    in    Apparel,   and    Veftures,   and    Geftures,   and    in 
Looks,  how  lofty  are  their  eyes  !      New-England  is  taken 
notice  of  abroad,  for  as  proud  a  People,  of  a  profeffing 
people,  as  the  World  affords.     When  a  People  are  humble 
the  Lord  will  ftay  with  them.     If  our  immunities,  which 
are  Gods  mercies,  puffe  us  up,  God  will  empty  us:   he  will 
blaft  that  to  us  that  we  are  proud  of. 

2.  Deep  and  high  Ingratitude.     Do  you  thus  requite 
the   Lord?    Deut.  32.  6.     So    the    Prophet    Hofea    taxes 
them,  Hos.   2.   8.     God  gave  her  Corn,  and  Wine,  and 
Oyl,  filver  and  Gold,   but  fhe  confumed   them   on  Baal. 
We  have  been  bleft  but  hath  God  had  the  glory  of  our 
bleffings. 

3.  Oppreflion.     Amos  8.  4.     Ye  that  fwallow  up  the 
needy.     Thefe  Jews  were  like  the  fifties,  the  greater  did 
devour  the  lefs.     Some  are  like  wild  Beafts,  like  Wolves 
that   tear  off  the  fleece,  and  eat  the  flefh  of  the  flocks. 
There  is   more  juftice  to  be  found  in  hell,  then  amongft 
fome    men   on   earth :    for   there    is    no    innocent    perfon 
oppreifed  there. 


ROWLANDSON'S     FAST     DAY     SERMON 

4.  Wearinefs  of  Gods  Ordinances.     Amos  8.  5.     When 
will  the  Sabbath  be  done?     They  that  are  weary  of  the 
fervice  of  God,  and  the  Ordinances  of  God,  they  are  weary 
of  God.     God  indeed  hath  fed  us  to  the  full,  as  to  Ordi 
nances:   and  we  are  glutted,  and  furfeited,  and  have  loft 
our  efteem.      When   mens   Commodities    bare    but    little 
price  in  a  place,  they  will  remove  the  market !   if  Gofpel 
Ordinances  are  but  a  cheap  commodity,   have  loft   their 
price,  and  men  are  weary  of  them :   God  will  let  out  his 
Vineyard  to  another  People.     If  our  mercies  become  our 
burdens,  God  will  eafe  us  of  them. 

5.  Coufenage  in  mens  dealings,  making  the  Ephah  fmall, 
and  the  Shekel  great,  felling  the  refufe  of  Wheat,  Amos 
8.  5,  6.     They  pick  out  the  beft  Grain  for  themfelves,  and 
the  refufe  is  to  fell. 

6.  Idolatry,  which  is   Spiritual   Adultery,   and  is  there 
nothing  of  this?    chufing  of  new  Gods. 

7.  Incorrigiblenefs,  or  oppofition  of  a  fpirit  of  reforma 
tion.     When  God  calls  to  a  People  to  return,  by  repent 
ance,  but  they  will  go  on  ftill  in  their  fin :    God  calls  to 
them  by  his  judgments,  and  by  his  Rod;    but  they  will 
not  hear,  as  'tis  Jer.  5.  3.     Thou  haft  ftricken  them,  but 
they  have  not  grieved  ;   thou  haft  confumed  them,  but  they 
have  refufed  to  receive  Corre6tion :   they  have  made  their 
faces   harder  than   a   Rock,  they  have   refufed  to   return. 
When  it  is  thus  with  a  People,  God  will  pluck  up  and  be 
gone;   fo  Jer.  7.  13,  14.     Becaufe  they  would  not  hear, 
and  would  not  anfwer  the  call  of  God,  I  will  do  to  this 
houfe  as  I  did  to  Shiloh,  why  ?  what  did  the  Lord  do  to 
Shiloh?  ver.  12.     Go  to  Shiloh,  and  fee  what  I  did  to  it, 

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for  the  wickednefs  of  my  People  Ifrael.  Go,  and  view  it, 
and  you  will  fee  what  he  did,  he  left  tokens  of  his  wrath 
upon  them,  and  forfook  them. 

2.  Another  fign  of  his  intent  to  forfake  us,  is,  in  that  he 
is  dealing  with  us  as  he  is  wont  to  deal  with  them  that  he 
is  about  to  forfake.     He  takes  away  thofe  that  are  moftly 
with  him.     He  will  take  away  his  Mofes's,  thofe  that  ftand 
in  the  Gap,  and  binds  his  hands  with  their  Prayers,  when 
he  is  defigned  to  pour  out  wrath  upon  a  People :  he  will 
remove  the  lights,  when  he   is  about  to  darken  a  land. 
Wife  men  fend  away  their  Plate,  and  Jewels,  and  choice 
things ;   it  intimates  their  intention  of  removal. 

3.  Another  fign  is  our  Lukewarmnefs,  and  Indifferency 
in  Religion  :  a  ufual  forerunner  of  its  removal.     When  a 
People  care  not  for  God,  and  the  things  of  God,  he  hath 
left  them  in  fome  meafure,  already  ;  and  if  that  Spirit  abide 
he  will  not  tarry  long  with  them. 

Ufe  i.  Of  Direction,  i.  Examine  and  humble  your 
felves,  for  all  your  departures  from  God,  your  forfakings 
of  him  ;  humble  your  felves  for  them,  confeffing  with  bit- 
ternefs  your  evil  therein,  bemoaning  yourfelves  before  the 
Lord  upon  the  account  thereof.  May  the  Lord  hear  his 
People,  from  Dan  to  Beerfheba  bemoaning  themfelves, 
Ephraim  like,  then  the  Lord  will  hear,  and  have  mercy, 
and  not  leave  us,  for  his  Names  fake. 

2.  Judge  your  felves  worthy  to  be  forfaken,  becaufe  of 
your  forfaking  of  him.      If  you  judge  your  felves  worthy 
to   be  forfaken,   God  will   not  judge  you   worthy   to   be 
forfaken,  i   Cor.  n.  31. 

3.  Pray  the  Lord  not  to  forfake  you,  the  Lord  is  fome- 

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ROWLANDSON'S     FAST     DAY     SERMON 

times  ftaid  with  Prayers :   Prayers  have  prevailed  with  his 
Majefty  often,  and  may  do  again. 

4.  Forfake  your  fins,  whereby  you  have  forfaken  him. 
Nothing  lefs  then  this  will  prevent  this  mifchief,  coming 
upon  us.  If  there  be  any,  either  Son  or  Daughter  that  will 
not  leave  their  fins  for  God,  God  will  leave  fuch. 


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Notes  to  Rowlandfon  Sermon 


['47] 


NOTES      TO 

ROWLANDSON    SERMON 

THE  firft  fettled  minifter  of  Lancafter,  Jofeph,  the 
fon  of  Thomas  and  Bridget  Rowlandfon,  was  born 
in  England  in  1631  or  1632.     His  parents,  im 
migrant  prior  to  1638,  fettled  in  Ipfwich.     Their  children 
befides    Jofeph    were:     Thomas,    who    married    Dorothy 
Portland  in  1654  and  died  in  1680;   Elizabeth,  who  mar 
ried  Richard  Wells ;    Martha,  who  married  John  Eaton. 
The  father  and  mother  accompanied  Jofeph  to  Lancafter, 
where    the    former   died    in    1657.     The   widow   married 
William   Kerley  in   1659  and  died  in   1662. 

Jofeph  Rowlandfon  was  the  fole  graduate  of  Harvard 
College  in  the  year  1652.  September  30,  1651,  at  the 
beginning  of  his  fenior  year,  he  was  fentenced  to  the  whip 
ping-pod  for  a  fportive  prank,  and  if  he  efcaped  the  lafh, 
which  is  probable,  he  did  fo  by  paying  a  heavy  fine  and 
making  a  very  humble  apology.  His  offence,  which  the 
Eflex  Court  dignified  into  a  "fcandelous  lybell,"  was  the 
porting  upon  the  Ipfwich  meeting-houfe  of  a  fatirical 
fcreed,  part  rhyme,  part  profe,  directed  againft  fome  de- 
cifion  of  the  court  and  the  marfhal  of  Ipfwich,  the  main 
point  of  which  is  loft  to  hiftory.  It  was  then  doubtlefs 

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NOTES    TO    ROWLANDSON    SERMON 

claffed  as  a  flagrant  cafe  of  what  nowadays  is  contempt  of 
court.  He  was  arrefted  at  Cambridge  and  the  prefentment 
at  Ipfwich  is  recorded  as  follows :  — 

Jofeph  Rowlifon  appearing  before  me  vpon  this  Day  (Maior 
Denyfon  being  prfent)  to  anfwer  a  deep  fufpicon  for  being  the 
Author  or  to  have  had  a  hand  in  a  <pnitious  fcandalous  libell  againft 
Authority.  The  faid  Jofeph  Rolandfon  Confefled  himfelf  to  be  the 
Author  of  ye  fame.  Wherevpon  the  faid  Jofeph  is  bound  to  this 
governmt  in  the  fume  of  50  1.  to  appeare  at  Ipfwch  Court  next  to 
anfwere  the  fame  &  Thomas  Rolandfon  Senr  as  his  Suerty  is  bound 
in  the  fame  fume.  iyth  fth  1651.  [Eflex  Court  Papers,  Vol.  2, 
p.  1 8.] 

At  the  Quarterly  Court  of  September  at  Ipfwich  the 
judges,  Governor  John  Endicott,  Simon  Bradftreet,  Samuel 
Symonds,  Daniel  Denifon,  and  William  Hathorne,  fen- 
tenced  the  offender  in  the  following  terms :  — 

Jofeph  Rowlinfon  for  his  great  mifdemenor  in  feting  up  a 
fcandelous  lybell  the  fentance  of  ye  Court  is  that  he  mail  be  whipt 
unlefe  he  paye  5lb.  by  Wedenfday  come  3  weekes  or  be  whipt  the 
next  Thurfdaye  &  5lb.  more  when  the  Court  mail  call  for  it,  and 
to  paye  all  charges  30  s.  for  the  marmalls  goeing  with  atachmt  for 
him  to  Cambridge  and  Bofton  and  fees  of  Court." 

The  "  fcandelous  lybell "  and  the  humble  apology  were 
printed  by  Jofeph  Willard  in  his  fecond  Lancafter  edition 
of  Mrs.  Rowlandfon's  Narrative,  1828,  and  reprinted  by 
John  Langdon  Sibley  in  his  "  Harvard  Graduates,"  Vol.  I. 
pp.  3 1 1-313.  They  are  given  here,  being  of  intereft  chiefly 
as  examples  of  the  rhetorical  ftyle  regnant  in  the  clafs  of 
1652,  with  which  the  youthful  paftor  enthralled  the  pious 
Lancaftrians  two  hundred  and  fifty  years  ago.  Jofeph 

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NOTES    TO    ROWLANDSON    SERMON 

Willard  tells  that  the  libel  was  written  upon  the  two  fides 
of  a  fingle  fheet  in  a  difguifed  hand,  and  was  preferved  in 
the  Effex  County  Clerk's  office.  It  is  not  now  with  the 
Court  papers  in  the  Salem  regiftry,  and  Mr.  Sibley  appar 
ently  failed  to  find  it  in  1873. 

I.  Gentlemen  I  befeech  you  looke  heere  and  tell  me  truly 
have  I  not  difcharged  my  duty  very  well.  I  pray  bee  pleafed  to  be 
informed  further  in  a  long  tale  of  enuie  pull  me  not  downe  I  pray 
til  all  ye  people  have  fene  mee  and  then  turne  mee. 

"  O  God  from  heauen  looke  thou  downe 

Doe  not  thy  feruants  wonder 
To  fee  thy  honour  fo  abufed 
Thy  truth  fo  troden  vnder 

The  feete  of  proud  malignant  ones 

That  loue  to  giue  defpight 
And  of  thofe  that  are  innocent 

To  turne  afide  the  right. 

What  could  not  enuie  flopped  bee 

Before  it  had  thus  gained 
Ouer  the  truth  and  what  may  bee 

By  right  of  lawe  mayntayned  ? 

What  were  not  Rulers  able  to 

It  totally  expell 
Or  had  not  they  fome  might  at  leaft 

Its  ftrength  fomewhat  to  quell  ? 

O  blefled  God  why  dideft  thou 

Thy  rulers  all  reftraine 
From  feeing  enuie  fully  bent 

Its  will  for  to  mayntayne  ? 


NOTES    TO     ROWLANDSON    SERMON 

O  enuie  haft  thou  thus  preuayl'd 

And  is  thy  hand  fo  high 
That  now  God's  ordinance  muft  bee 

Proclaim'd  a  nullity  ? 

Did  euer  enuie  thus  preuayle 

In  any  generation 
Was  euer  fuch  an  a6l  as  this 

Heard  of  in  any  nation  ? 

Were  euer  thofe  that  God  made  one 

Deuided  thus  in  funder 
Did  euer  enuie  thus  proceede 

Good  hearers  ftand  and  wonder  ? 

What  men  doe  joyne  it  graunted  is 

Men  may  againe  difleuer 
But  what  the  Lord  conjoynes  in  one 

Difioyned  may  bee  neuer. 

Whence  comes  it  Enuie  then  that  thou 

Doeft  this  day  triumph  make 
And  in  the  publick  eares  of  all 

This  fundamentall  ftake  ? 

Tartarian  fulphur  had  expell'd 

Or  totally  obfcured 
The  light  that  long  time  half  was  quell'd 

In  her  confcience  fo  inpured 

And  hence  I  enuie  got  the  day 

Her  confcience  fo  to  feare 
Til  I  at  length  had  found  a  way 

To  put  her  out  of  fear 

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NOTES    TO    ROWLANDSON    SERMON 

And  fo  did  I  caufe  her  to  fay 

Euen  what  it  was  I  lyft 
Nor  care  becing  had  vnto  the  truth 

Whether  it  hit  or  mift. 

If  enuie  hath  thus  deceived  thee  O  woman,  and  the  allurements 
of  thy  pretended  friends  confpiring  therewith  fo  brought  thee  to 
belye  thy  confcience  as  it  is  credibly  reported  heere  in  this  towne 
wr  I  live  that  am  fo  indifferent  in  the  thing  as  indeed  cannot  bee 
otherwife  being  fo  remote  from  wr  you  live ;  then  I  doe  profefs 
that  ye  Court  did  well  to  free  the  poore  man  of  his  burthen  and  if 
I  knew  him  I  would  certainely  tell  him  fo,  More  ouer  me  thinks  I 
would  tell  him  that  he  hath  indeed  done  very  ill  to  keep  her  fo  long 
from  performing  her  promife  to  that  fame  young-man  fo  long  agoe; 
which  if  I  had  knowledge  of  I  could  inform  him  punctually  con 
cerning.  I  pray  you  therefore  that  reade  this  writing  inform  him 
of  my  name  and  direct  him  to  the  towne  where  I  Hue  and  I  hope  I 
may  give  him  a  little  fomething  for  his  further  eafe  fince  I  heare 
the  Court  hath  proceeded  fo  farre  in  that  way  already.  In  the 
meane  time  I  have  made  bold  to  fend  this  writing,  which  leaft  it 
fhould  mifcarry  his  hands  I  did  defire  the  bearer  to  fet  it  up  in  pub- 
licke,  that  fo  he  might  not  bee  altogether  vn-informed  of  our  Judg 
ment  heer  in  this  towne 

BY    MEE,   JUSTICE    PLEADER 

IN   THE   TOWNE   OF   CONSCIENCE, 

3000    MILES    DISTANT   FROM    ANY 

PLACE    WELL  NEERE   IN    NEWE- 

ENGLAND.i 

II.  If  I  were  as  the  man  that  is  fo  caft  I  would  indeede 
haue  appealed  to  yl  Court  that  only  by  the  Lawes  of  America  hath 
to  doe  in  fuch  cafes  namely  ye  court  of  afliftants  who  haue  ye  fole- 
power  to  determine  an  undeterminable  matter  heerin  by  thofe  that 

1  Among  the  Court  documents  in  thia  cafe  is  a  fcrap  of  paper  upon  which  is  twice  written  what 
feems  another  propofed  form  of  this  fignature  :  "  By  mee  Juftice  Pleader  in  the  Towne  of  Confcience  in 
America  in  new  engiand  where  I  faw  her  triumph  in  a  Green-Chariot  ye  lady  Afterea  ridinge  in  ye  right 
boote." 

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NOTES    TO    ROWLANDSON    SERMON 

are  meere  parties  but  fince  it  is  paft,  I  would  earneftly  appeale  to 
the  Court  where  God  himfelf  is  Judge,  and  all  the  faints  men  and 
angels  are  afliftants ;  whofe  throne  is  ye  heaven  of  heavens ;  there 
the  innocent  fhall  be  acquitted  and  thofe  that  now  fing  their  enuious 
Trophe  (hall  be  lyable  to  anfwer  for  the  horrible  abufe  of  yr  con- 
fciences  in  mif-informing  and  deluding  thofe  honored  Judges  that  he 
hath  upon  earth  fubftituted. 

GENTLEMEN  —  If  any  feeme  to  be  offended  at  my  verdict  let  it 
be  given  mee  under  his  hand  and  I  will  doe  the  beft  fatisfaction  that 
the  law  requires  if  that  ferues  not  upon  liberty  of  confideration  for 
ye  fpace  of  a  quarter  of  an  hour  (the  law  afording  twelue)  for  an 
appeale,  I  rather  will  lie  downe  vnder  an  vniuft  cenfure,  than  be 
troublefome  efpecially  if  all  my  judges  be  aturnyes  of  the  oppofite 
party :  in  the  meane  time  I  pray  giue  the  Man  whom  this  paper 
concerns  the  fame  libertie  and  I  hope  all  will  do  well 

Remember  mee  I  pray  to  the  Marfhall  of  Ipfwich  and  tell 
him  that  I  heare  he  may  be  an  honeft  man  in  the  Judgment  of 
charity ;  I  pray  fend  me  word  if  he  bee  not  a  Ham-all  as  well  as  a 
Marfhall  for  I  heare  he  is  uery  buifie  in  euerie  bodies  matters 

I  am  a  peaceable  fonne  in  Ifraell  and  am  only  fome-wt  moued 
beyound  my  wont  or  wt  I  commend  in  my-felf  or  others  by  ye 
only  remote  heare-fay  of  this  prefent  bufmefs  a  matter  I  doe 
belieue,  the  like  whereof  neuer  was  heard  in  any  nation  all  this 
duely  weighed. 

God  fave  the  Governor  and  all  the  honored  afiftants  and  giue 
them  long  to  rule  this  people  with  the  civil  fword  and  that  they 
may  vfe  the  fame  in  all  bene-adminiftration  themfelues  alone  (turn 
ing  out  all  Affociates  which  are  able  to  corrupt  jujiice  bee  ye  caufe  neuer  fo 
good}1  and  that  fo  they  may  do  as  they  will  anfwer  the  great  Judge 
another  day : 

1  The  claufe  here  italicized  was  erafed  in  the  original  and  being  deemed  an  important  part  of  the 
libel  the  following  teftimony  concerning  it  was  recorded  :  — 

"  Thefe  wordi  weere  blotted  in  the  paper  yet  weere  fo  legible  that  wee  diftinctly  read  them  the 
}  July  1651  JOHN  ROGERS 

JOSEPH    PAINE 
MOSES   PENGRY. 
I  read  ye  words  above  written  wthout  much  difficulty. 

W:    HUBBARD.     " 

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NOTES    TO    ROWLANDSON    SERMON 

Good  people  honour  your  governor  and  Magiftrates  who  are 
the  minifters  of  God  for  good  and  I  hope  as  this  mans  experience 
growes  more  fan&ified  hee  will  fay  they  miniftered  good  vnto  him 
in  taking  away  fuch  a  burthen  that  the  Lord  perhaps  faw  unfupport- 
able  for  him. 

I  heare  there  is  one  whom  I  think  they  call  Dan  Rofs  in  that 
towne  lie  affure  you  if  he  be  that  I  know  he  is  a  uery  fneaking 
fycophant  and  I  feare  one  whom  God  will  deale  feuerely  with  fhortly  : 
when  he  lived  in  our  country  a  wet  Eeles  tayle  and  his  word  were 
fomething  worth  ye  taking  hold  of. 

Rowlandfon's  abject  apology  preferved  in  the  Effex 
County  Court  Records  at  Salem,  Book  II.  p.  18,  is  as 
follows :  — 

Forafmuch  as  I  Jofeph  Rowlandfon  through  the  fuggeftion  of  Satan, 
and  the  evil  of  my  owne  heart,  by  that  being  ftrongly  attemted, 
by  the  depravation  of  this  too  facilly  inclined  to  the  perpetration  of 
a  facl:  whofe  nature  was  anomic,  and  circumftances  enormities. 
And  being  not  onely  iuftly  fufpe6ted,  but  alfo  hauing  both  an 
inward  cognifcance  of  and  an  external  call  (by  virtue  of  Lawful 
Authority  before  wch  I  was  convented)  to  fpeake  the  truth  or  at 
leaft  not  to  vtter  the  contrary.  Yet  notwithstanding  to  the  Dif- 
honour  of  God  and  difcredit  of  his  truth,  and  to  the  greife  of  the 
Godly  and  in  fine  the  wounding  of  my  owne  confcience :  did  not 
hearken  therevnto  but  rather  to  the  aequivocal  delufions  with  which 
Satan  did  then  beset  mee,  not  onely  to  the  waving  but  alfo  abnega 
tion  of  the  fame.  In  all  which  Refpe6ls  it  feemed  good  to  the 
forefayed  Authority,  before  whom  the  forefayd  convention  was 
made  to  bind  me  ouer  to  this  Prefent  Honored  Court  to  be 
Refponfal  for  the  fame,  and  being  accordingly  Now  called  vnto  the 
fame  by  your  Honored  wormips ;  I  humbly  craue  your  fauorable 
Leaue  to  Declare  as  followeth,  viz.  That  as  concerning  the  writ 
ing  which  I  Co  Rafhly  affixed  vnto  the  Meetinghoufe  I  doe  defire  to 

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abhorre  my  felfe  for  my  extreme  folly  in  fo  doing  and  I  hope  the 
Lord  hath  opened  my  eyes  to  See  that  in  my  felfe  thereby  that 
otherwife  I  might  too  Late  haue  Lamented  but  not  timoufly 
Repented  of:  But  in  particular  I  doe  acknowledg  that  I  did  very 
finfully  in  condemning  that  fentence  judicially  pafled  by  your  wor- 
fhips  and  putting  contempt  upon  the  Coafeflors  which  it  pleafed 
this  goverment  to  honour  with  power  in  a  fentence  with  the  Hon 
ored  Affiftants,  and  likewife  vfing  certaine  fcurrulous  words  of  the 
Marmal.  in  all  wch  particulars  I  doe  acknowledg  &  confefle  that  I 
did  miferably  abufe  My  felfe,  &  that  weake  Meafure  of  Knowledg 
which  the  Lord  hath  beene  pleafed  to  Beftow  upon  Mee,  and  that 
I  did  wl  I  ought  not  to  haue  done  in  yl  Refpe£l.  In  which  that 
which  I  very  much  Lament  is  that  I  haue  wronged  your  Honored 
worfhips  and  thofe  officers  for  this  Commonwealth's  good  which 
are  here  conftituted  :  But  that  which  I  much  more  Lament  is  the 
Dimonour  that  hath  thereby  redovnded  to  God  as  well  by  the  writ 
ing  it  felfe  as  by  that  which  moft  of  all  hath  beene  a  continual 
greife  namely  the  abnegation  of  the  fame :  For  all  which  finful 
offences  I  humbly  craue  pardon  fo  farre  as  they  concerne  your 
Honored  worfhips,  and  a  Due  Confideration  of  w<  vehement  temp 
tations  I  was  vnder,  which  though  I  cannot  Relate,  yet  I  queftion 
not  but  your  worfhips  will  confider :  Howeuer  I  confide  vpon  your 
worfhips  pitty  and  continved  prayers  that  this  fall  may  be  to  euer- 
lafting  gaine. 

Sighned  with  my  hand,  attefted  vnto  with  my  heart. 

JOSEPH  :  ROWLANDSON. 

His  undergraduate  courfe  completed,  Rowlandfon  is 
fuppofed  to  have  fpent  the  next  two  years  in  preparation 
for  the  miniftry.  He  probably  began  preaching  at  Lan- 
cafler  late  in  1654,  and  in  1656  married  Mary  White  and 
was  formally  invited  to  a  fettlement.  It  was  not  until 
March  25,  1656,  that  the  retribution  for  his  youthful 

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efcapade  was  finally  clofed  by  the  following  record  of  a 
court  held  at  Ipfwich :  "  Jofeph  Rowlinfon  upon  his  peti 
tion  the  Court  remitted  the  remainder  of  his  fine."  The 
town  agreed  to  pay  their  young  minifter  "  fifty  pounds  a 
year,  one  half  in  wheat  fixpence  in  the  bufhel  under  the 
current  prices  in  Boflon  or  Charleftown  and  the  reft  in 
other  good  current  pay  in  like  proportions  ;  or  otherwife 
fifty  and  five  pounds  a  year  taking  his  pay  at  fuch  rates  as 
the  prices  of  corn  are  fet  every  year  by  the  court."  The 
town  alfo  gave  him  the  houfe  in  which  he  lived,  and  land 
enough  about  it  "  for  an  orchard,  garden,  yard,  paflure  and 
the  like." 

Mr.  Rowlandfon's  fervice  in  Lancafter  for  twenty-one 
years  feems  to  have  been  blefled  with  cordial  appreciation. 
He  from  the  firft  won  the  refpeft  of  thofe  among  whom 
his  lot  was  caft,  and  fuccefsfully  aflerted  his  own  dignity 
and  that  of  the  Church  ;  for  the  faucy  maiden  who  contra- 
difted  him,  and  the  aged  reprobate  who  would  n't  come 
under  the  droppings  of  the  fanctuary,  were  alike  humbled 
and  fubje6ted  both  to  civil  and  ecclefiaflical  difcipline. 
When  the  rude  experiences  of  pioneer  life  and  long  attri 
tion  with  the  ftrong  and  wilful  characters  about  him  had 
fupplemented  collegiate  training,  his  developed  qualities  of 
intellect  and  foul  won  wide  recognition.  He  had  hardly 
attained  the  ready  ufe  of  mature  powers  before  his  life 
ended,  and  we  muft  judge  of  his  abilities  and  graces  rather 
by  the  brief  obituary  of  a  contemporary  diarift,  "  his  death 
was  much  lamented,"  than  from  any  record  of  deeds  or 
words.  But  when  in  1672  there  arofe  queftions  in  the 
Old  South  Church  of  Bofton,  knotty  enough  to  call  for 

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NOTES    TO     ROWLANDSON     SERMON 

the  deliberation  of  the  mofl  learned  and  judicious  upon 
their  deciflon,  Jofeph  Rowlandfon  was  called  down  from 
his  charge  in  the  backwoods  to  lend  his  judgment  to  a 
folution  of  the  problems. 

April  7,  1677,  Mr.  Rowlandfon  was  inftalled  at  Weth- 
ersfield,  Connecticut ;  not  as  a  colleague  of  Reverend 
Gerlhom  Bulkeley  —  although  the  hiftorians  have  all  fo 
alleged  —  but  as  his  fucceflbr  in  the  paflorate.  He  died 
fuddenly  November  24,  1678,  aged  about  forty-feven  years. 
His  library  was  appraifed  at  eighty-two  pounds,  a  large 
fum  for  the  times.  His  pariftiioners  teflified  their  love 
for  the  man  by  voting  to  his  widow  an  annual  ftipend  of 
thirty  pounds,  fo  long  as  fhe  remained  among  them  and 
unmarried.  The  only  literary  remains  we  have  inherited 
wherefrom  to  read  the  mental  fcope  and  fancy  of  the  clergy 
man,  are  the  boyifh  pafquinade  and  the  Fail  Sermon 
hereinbefore  reprinted. 


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